passive investing

The End of Stock Picking

by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Jason Zweig has a nice piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal on the end…

by Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism Early last year I wrote a post describing the illusion of “passive investing”.…

by Claude Erb, via SSRN It is possible that some investors make the "dumb mistake" of "buying high…

by Patrick Rudden, AllianceBernstein Some investors have such little faith in the merits of active management that they prefer…

by Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense “This is one of the most important rules of investing.…

by Rick Ferri Want to be a successful investor? Have a sound investment philosophy before trying…

by Max Moroz and Engin Kose, Research Affiliates Equal-weight indices have two clear advantages: They are easy to…

by Rick Ferri What do 25%, 25%, 25% and 25% have in common? Besides adding up to 100%,…

It’s easy to beat the S&P 500. Just hold all stocks in the S&P 500 in an equal…

by Rick Ferri John C. Bogle was hired by Wellington Management Company in 1951 immediately following his graduation…

by Rick Ferri Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) started out linked at the hip to low-cost, market-tracking index funds. The…

by William Smead, Smead Capital Management Malcolm Gladwell is a fantastic writer and his new book, David and…

Passive Management ≠ Passive Investing by Ashwin Alankar, Michael DePalma and Guoan Du, AllianceBernstein Passive investments are often…

Two seasoned investment pros argue the case for and against actively managed funds versus passive index funds. In…