Someone who wins a million dollars in a lottery will befarbetteroffthan someone who wins nothing, but that does not mean buying lottery tickets is a good career move.
People wealthy enough to buy a diversified portfolio of shares and bonds directly would usually befar better-off doing so than investing in a fund, because of the fees managers charge, and the tax inefficiencies of this way of investing.
Fat, fit people tend to bebetteroff healthwise than thin people who are unfit, Gaesser said, suggesting that being fit is far more important than being thin.