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Letâs Try this Again: Ending the Passive vs Active Distinction
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism My recent post on the Efficient Market Hypothesis brought about the usual pushback…
June 4, 2015
Jeffrey Saut: Active vs. Passive Redux
Active vs. passive redux Jeffrey Saut, Chief Investment Strategist, Raymond James March 23, 2015 Most of you know…
March 24, 2015
EVERYTHING Is A Forecast
by Jesse Felder, The Felder Report Can we please stop bashing forecasters already? There is a small but…
January 21, 2015
The Myth of Passive Investing Begins to UnravelâŚ.
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism You know an idea is starting to go mainstream in the investment world…
November 12, 2014
Are You a Performance Taker or Seeker?
by Rick Ferri There are two categories of investors in this world: performance takers and performance seekers. A…
October 7, 2014
Forget Active vs. Passive â It's All About Factors
by Adam Butler, GestaltU We just love a good debate, and there seems to be quite a heated…
October 6, 2014
Vialoux's Technical Talk â Sept. 29, 2014
by Don Vialoux, EquityClock.com Pre-opening Comments for Monday September 29th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning.…
September 29, 2014
John Bogle and Clifford Asness on Investment Strategy
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Clifford Asness, managing and founding principal of AQR Capital Management, and John C.…
September 29, 2014
âThe Passive/Active Distinction is About Costâ
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism I really liked this interview with Joel Dickson of Vanguard. Â In the interview…
September 25, 2014
Why the Active vs Passive Debate is the Most Important Debate in Finance
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism With assets pouring into index funds and ETFâs and away from traditional actively…
September 11, 2014
"Passive Investing" is Not Passive
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism This is my OCD speaking again and Iâm not gonna beat around the…
September 5, 2014
The Active Vs. Passive Debate Has Become Rather Tiresome
by James Picerno, The Capital Spectator Morningstar got a lot of pushback from readers in the wake of…
August 28, 2014
The End of Stock Picking
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Jason Zweig has a nice piece in yesterdayâs Wall Street Journal on the end…
August 25, 2014
We Are All Active Investors â Part 2
by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Early last year I wrote a post describing the illusion of âpassive investingâ.…
August 13, 2014
Betting on 'Dumb Volatility' with 'Smart Beta'
by Claude Erb, via SSRN It is possible that some investors make the "dumb mistake" of "buying high…
August 7, 2014