Warren Buffett Just Sidelined Stock Pickers

Warren Buffett says ordinary investors can skip stock research and buy one low-cost index fund instead. Yahoo Finance reported that investing $400 monthly in a Vanguard index fund could grow to roughly $820,000 over decades. That makes stock-picking look less like a skill and more like an expensive hobby—but is Buffett's strategy still enough when markets turn? Pick a side: index funds or stock picking.