[The “active” versus “passive” investment debate has raged for decades fueled by performance comparison reports like SPIVA, Alpha Architects, and many others chronicling how a large cross-section of ...

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If you visit with a financial planner or a fiduciary, they’re likely to ask if you’re interested in active management. What is active management? At its simplest level, it means someone is tracking ...

Experts continue the debate about actively managed funds in light of a publication from the CFA Institute Research Foundation which asks, ‘Is active management worth it?’ The argument for whether ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. 2022 was a troublesome year for investors. Of the major ...

With numerous studies demonstrating that passive index investing consistently outperforms most active managers over the long term, one may question why investors would opt for an active manager. It ...

Index investing or passive investing seeks to track the return of a portion of the market. The opposite is active management, which seeks to beat the return of the markets by using market timing and ...

A shift towards passive management strategies that have been growing in some areas of the investing landscape have created challenges for wealth managers. But while equity mutual funds have seen ...

Q: I’m reading that a smart investor only uses “passive” funds — what does that mean? A: A short answer is that “passive” investment funds use computers and algorithms to pick their contents. They ...

Active managers can add value but are hindered by traditional structures; NextFolio uses data science and machine learning to enhance active manager stock-picking skills. Ensemble Active Management ...

Sources of Pain It's common knowledge that actively run stock funds tend to lag index funds. But why? One possibility is that active managers collectively make poor investment choices. Another is that ...