I wish I would have known
about index funds earlier.»
Voters and trustees don't complain
about index fund fees.
How did you first learn
about index funds?
I first learned
about index funds when I graduated from college and began researching how to invest my savings for retirement.
Rick Ferri wrote in his book «
All About Index Funds» that 25bp below the benchmark is regarded as an ideal target.John Bogle also commented in his book «Common Sense on Mutual Funds» that the tracking error must be as close to zero as possible for market returns to be as close to 100 %.
You read
about index funds, mutual funds, stocks and real estate and now and then about bonds â $ ¦ but hardly ever anything about annuities.
Rick has authored six books on low - fee portfolio management, including
All About Index Funds, The ETF Book and his most recent book, The Power of Passive Investing.
Rick utilizes his in - depth research
about index fund investing strategies to direct the Investment Committee he heads at Portfolio Solutions, the low - fee investment management firm he founded in 1999.
Travis writes: «When I read
about index funds and how they out perform â $ œover time.â $ Exactly how much time?
But the good thing
about index funds is that they will always be runner - ups, beating all the rest except the champion I am happy being runner - up
When I read
about index funds and how they out perform «over time.»
There's a lot to like
about index funds.
Financial planner George Sisti, however, is passionate
about index funds and advocates against active fund managment.
The other thing to keep in mind
about index funds that are widely diversified (a total market fund for instance)-- yes, it will lag on the upside against a concentrated fund that does well.
In regards to your comment
about index funds, retail investors rarely beat the market picking individual stocks and are better off putting their money into index funds.
I talk a lot
about index funds in this video series.
If you want to learn more
about index funds, then there's a book called the little book of common sense investing by John Bogle.
When talking
about index funds that offer no embedded compensation, there's no product alternative available today that has a similar mandate, but with advisor compensation built in.
The updated Second Edition of Richard Ferri's bestselling
All About Index Funds offers individual investors an easy - to - use guide for capitalizing on one of today's hottest investing areas — index funds.
Not everyone is convinced
about index funds, but the data does support it.
All About Index Funds: The Easy Way to Get Started (All About Series) Everything you need to know about index funds, including:
(This is part 1 of a multipart series on common misconceptions
about index funds.
as exp ratio in index funds are low but i didn't know more than
that about index funds pls tell me
I think you are a little religious
about index funds.
This is much more than a book
about index funds.
(To learn
about index funds read The Lowdown On Index Funds.)
What
about Index Funds & Arbitrage Funds which is widely recommended for stable income for longterm?
This is the response I hear when I talk
about index funds.
I wish I would have known
about index funds earlier.»
I totally get why some in the financial media hate writing
about index funds: they're easy to explain, there's no amazing fund manager behind them, and the story generally stays the same over time.
Why do all discussions
about index funds center around S&P 500 (or, worse, DJIA)?
I have heard a lot
about index funds but I was more interested in building a diverse portfolio using Sharebuilder.
Another thing
about index funds is tax - efficiency (matters only if you have these in a taxable account, i.e. non-401k / IRA).
There is a lot to like
about index funds â $» low costs and low taxes, for starters.
Are you refering to ETFs when you talk
about index funds?
-- I don't know much
about the index fund you are recommending, but I read an article about Dutch Index funds that there are often hidden costs, by for example hidden in the restriction on real time trading.
How to Beat the Benchmark is from 1998 that could be interesting to read
about index funds and beating the index in a simpler way.
Here are the most common objections you're likely to hear from advisers if you ask
about index funds, and some suggestions for how to respond.
Sure, index funds might be a better option than individual stock investing, but who has ever gotten excited
about index funds?
In other words, there is nothing «average» or «mediocre»
about index funds when compared with the alternatives.
If you want to know more
about index fund investing, I recommend the books The Bogleheads» Guide to Investing and The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Simple, Stress - Free Way to Reach Your Investment Goals.
Jack Bogle, many years ago, he wasn't the only one that was talking
about an Index Fund, but it wouldn't have happened without him.
All About Index Funds offers individual investors essential information on index funds; expert advice on how to start investing; and winning strategies for high returns with low risk.
Read
about index funds: what they are and why there is a growing trend towards these kinds of investment vehicles.
Overview: The Core Four portfolio by Rick Ferri (author of All About Asset Allocation and
All About Index Funds) focuses on 4 Vanguard funds as the basis of the portfolio.
So why do we talk
about index funds so much?
I meant to toss out a couple thoughts when Robert blogged
about index funds, reminded by a Wall Street Journal article yesterday pointing out that the S&P 500 has gone nowhere over the last 9 years.
I am not religious
about index funds, personally I use about a 50/50 mix of indexing and other strategies.
Consider Cramer's statement
about index funds not being able to beat the market.
Great post here and I have learned a lot
about index funds.