Much has been written over the years about active versus passive investment management and the debate over which is better is never-ending. This article, however, isn’t one of those, as we feel ...
Passive investment is less expensive and complex than active management, and it often produces superior after-tax results over medium to long time horizons. Passive investing methods seek to ...
First, you must decide between Active Management and Passive Management. Active Management is someone or a team making decisions based upon their research, then engaging in the market as a ...
In contrast, passive investment management aims to track a benchmark index's performance by holding a portfolio of securities that mirror the index. Passive investors do not aim to outperform the ...
Advisors adhering to the fiduciary standard typically gravitate toward index funds or other passive strategies such as those developed by Dimensional Fund Advisors, Vanguard and others. There's a ...
But would it? Actually, no, it doesn't seem like it. In fact, the increase in passive management would likely increase market efficiency. In an epic blog post published on Sunday, pseudonymous ...