Have you ever wondered if you could actually “beat” the stock market by reading the news faster than everyone else, or by analyzing charts until your eyes blue? It’s a tempting idea, but for decades, one economist has been challenging that very notion. The Eugene Fama Efficient Market Theory shifted the bedrock of modern finance by suggesting that stock prices already reflect all available information, making it nearly impossible to consistently outperform the market through skill alone. While this might sound a bit discouraging if you’re trying to find the next “hot” stock, it’s actually incredibly liberating – it encourages us to focus on what we can control, like our…