For factor - based strategies that can be implemented efficiently — notably the value and low - volatility strategies — lower -
fee indexing seems more advantageous.
Not exact matches
Forward looking at the
index market it
seems this will just be a race to the bottom with the
fees eventually reaching 0 % as it will be only a matter of time before somebody does this for free, similar to brokerage accounts that are being offered for free and other parts of the financial market.
When deciding between taking an active or passive approach it
seems unwise to compare the performance of an
index without
fees to that of a fund on an after -
fee basis.
The S&P 500 has a compound annual growth rate of 9.94 % since 1970, so it would
seem that it could be easy to buy a low
fee index fund and make more than 2.875 %.
I believe Vangaurd itself offers both
index and low
fee actively managed funds, so it
seems possible, even from the Boglehead camp, to argue that active managers may be capable of adding long term value.