# Prof. Stephen Brown on why many fund managers didn't anticipate Tesla's high value

1 Faculty News October 25, 2013 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/us-tesla-funds-stockpickers-analysis-idUSBRE99O0QJ20131025) -- "'If you're an average fund manager, it's very hard to consistently find the stocks that will help you beat the market,' said [Stephen Brown](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stephen-brown), a professor of finance at New York University's Stern School of Business."

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