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401(k) Passive Management
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Move from Active to Passive Funds Slows in November
The spigot was turned back in November, as the ongoing flow from active to passive mutual funds took…
Active Funds Get Beat Bad (Again), But …
“Passive beats active” is by now rote. However, Morningstar finds that, in a pattern reversal, alternative and commodities…
Active Management Exodus Slows for Summer (Sort Of)
Passive management’s brutal beating of its active counterpart is apparently slowing for the summer. Mutual fund and exchange-traded…
Is Active Management Exodus Starting to Subside?
The outflows might be starting to slow. In May, investors pulled $16.2 billion out of active equity funds, compared…
Investors ‘Paying Less Than Ever’ in Fund Fees
Lawsuits aside, investors paid less on average in fund expenses in 2016 than ever before, as assets continue…
Passive Funds Beat Active (Again and Again and Again)
Not sure why we keep running these stories, other than it’s a car crash from which we can’t…
Should 401k Plans Only Offer Index Funds?
A number of retirement plan experts believe that 401k plan participants should only be allowed to invest in…
Seriously Vanguard, Knock It Off
Techies have Apple, java lovers have Starbucks and investors increasingly appear to have Vanguard. The fund giant has…
Passive Funds Slam Active by ‘Record Margin’ in December
A horrible month capped a horrible year for active management mutual fund flows (or the opposite, if you’re…
Sending Out an SOS: Active Managers Need Help (Or Do They?)
(From Issue 4, 2016) Forgive active managers for feeling discouraged—the headlines, and fund flows, aren’t going their way. “More…