1.0 link 212159 <![CDATA[Smart Investor Makeover: Odds Are You are Gambling With Your Investments (Video)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-solin/ismart-investor-makeoveri_b_212159.html Here's a mind twister for you: The odds of flipping a coin and getting a head is obviously 1 out of 2. The odds of getting four heads in a row is 1 out of 16.

If you flipped three times and got three heads, what are the odds of getting a fourth head?

The answer is still 1 out of 2.

Past performance of the coin toss does not affect future probability.

The SEC requires mutual funds to indicate that past performance is...

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