Sentences with phrase «outperform simple index funds»

Since most managed mutual funds fail to outperform simple index funds, and many money managers and advisors aren't going to deliver results that beat them, either, it can make good sense to just park your hard - earned dollars in inexpensive index funds, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: SPY).

Academic research now suggests there may be ways to outperform a simple index fund by investing in stocks with certain characteristics (we'll describe these in a moment).

Not exact matches

He made a famous bet that over the course of 10 years, a simple, cheap index fund would outperform a group of the most prestigious hedge funds.

On the basis of the Sharpe ratio, which is the simplest form of risk adjustment, the fund underperformed the MSCI EAFE index in the three - and five - year periods but outperformed it over the ten - and fifteen - year periods through January 2014 (see figures from Morningstar).

[92] In 2007, Buffett made a bet with numerous managers that a simple S&P 500 index fund will outperform hedge funds that charge exorbitant fees.

From 2009 to 2012, a simple, low - fee mix of 60 percent stocks and 40 percent bonds far outperformed hedge fund indexes.