The longer they are around, the more difficult it is to beat
the index over the long haul...
I learned quite awhile ago that most actively managed funds can not beat
the indexes over the long haul.
Value does tend to beat the broad
index over the long haul, because there's nothing like getting a good deal (note a stock can be in both the growth and value categories).
Not exact matches
It is well - established that you're better off,
over the
long haul, investing in passively - managed
index funds rather than actively - managed mutual or pension funds.
Over the
long haul, most actively managed stock mutual funds have underperformed the S&P 500
Index, the most popular and prominent benchmark for index f
Index, the most popular and prominent benchmark for
index f
index funds.
«I consider it to be a proven fact that the majority of individual investors will do better
over the
long haul by just
indexing and adding more money to that account on a regular basis.
Over the
long haul, passive
indexing is the best approach to investing.
The idea is that if you invest in an all - market
index fund, you should win out
over the
long haul.
either using a balanced real estate
index fund (i know, but keep reading) will,
over the
long -
haul, provide steady dividends as well as a hedge against inflation; as the $ rises, so to will the underlying property value.
I've several times repeated my advice on investing in individual stocks: do it if you enjoy it, but don't expect to do better than
index funds
over the
long haul.
Over the
long haul, a higher percentage of fund managers underperform an
index than stocks underperform an
index.
Hoping that will
over the
long haul give us a better than
index performance.
Invest in the market (you can invest in all - market
index funds), and the assumption is that you can't lose
over the
long haul (although there is the risk, and a first time for everything).
Of course, but they are the exception, not the rule, and of those who complain, maybe one in five can do better than an
index fund
over the
long haul.
Similarly, while you know that plain - vanilla low - cost
index investments are a proven way to reap the rewards of the financial markets
over the
long haul, you could still find yourself intrigued by a pitch for a high - cost investment that purports to offer outsize gains with little downside risk.
I like
Index funds myself for their low fees which really save you money
over the
long haul.
As an aside — you can always
index, and beat most average investors
over the
long haul.
What they don't tell you is that
over the
long haul, you will most likely earn more investing in one of Vanguard's S&P 500 funds or even their Balanced
Index Fund.
If you dumped a bunch of cash into an S&P 500
index fund in 1990 and didn't touch it for 20 years, you would have earned 9 percent annual returns
over the
long -
haul.