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Index Funds Vs. Active Funds

I appreciate the acknowledgement of the superiority of passive over active funds. Another point is that when properly measured,

Passive always beats Active simply because the costs are lower.

Timothy Bock of CA @ Apr 30, 2009 17:53:19 PM

financial syntax

I love journalism and all its quirks.Why, for instance, is 79 percent a mere beating while 86 percent is a "whopping"? I wonder if this sort of thing keeps William Safire up at night?

Peter S. of CA @ Apr 21, 2009 20:06:30 PM

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