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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who lounges about the market or in public; a lounger.

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Examples

  • There, at the gates of heaven, are Peter Lynch, the market-beater who made Fidelity Magellan a household name; Sir John Templeton, the legendary founder of the Templeton funds; and George Soros, the most daring and successful hedge fund manager of them all.

    2006 Investment Outlook 2006

  • If earnings grow higher than 10%, Alcoa will be a market-beater.

    unknown title 2011

  • I would expect this to be a good though unspectacular market-beater over the next two years.

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  • I'm adding this stock to my CAPS portfolio as a probable market-beater over the next five years.

    No Longer a Skeptic of Silicon Image (ADI, SIMG, TXN) 2010

  • But there's good reason to keep picking apart these top performers: Any one of them had the potential to turn a mediocre portfolio into a market-beater.

    Fool.com Headlines Matt Koppenheffer 2010

  • Drawn at random from the top 250 most popular stocks among Fool members, and randomized again into a standard eight-team tournament bracket, the companies square off to win David's confidence as his favorite market-beater over the next 12

    Motley Fool Battle Royale Round 1: Nordic American vs. Hatteras Financial (HTS, NAT) 2010

  • If an active manager's odds of consistently besting the market are slim, the odds of an investor selecting a regular market-beater slimmer, and the costs of active management, on average, wash out the benefits, what is an investor to do?

    ETFs News and Commentary from Seeking Alpha Morningstar 2010

  • Drawn at random from the top 250 most popular stocks among Fool members, and randomized again into a standard eight-team tournament bracket, the companies square off to win David's confidence as his favorite market-beater over the next 12

    Motley Fool Battle Royale Round 2: Teva Pharmaceutical vs. Goodyear (GT, TEVA) 2010

  • Drawn at random from the top 250 most popular stocks among Fool members, and randomized again into a standard eight-team tournament bracket, the companies square off to win David's confidence as his favorite market-beater over the next 12

    Motley Fool Battle Royale Final Round: Teva Pharmaceutical vs. VMware (TEVA, VMW) 2010

  • The merits of dividend-focused investing are fairly obvious: The strategy is a proven market-beater over the long run, it comes with lower-risk, and you get paid cash along the way.

    Fool.com: The Motley Fool 2009

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