So why do
we talk about index funds so much?
Are you refering to ETFs when
you talk about index funds?
This is the response I hear when
I talk about index funds.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
Turner: One of the things that people in the industry often
talk about when it comes to money management is this barbell, where as you said you have low - cost, passive
index tracking
funds and at the other end you have higher fees, higher active share, things like private debt which you mentioned, and it's those in the middle that are charging higher fees for something that looks quite a lot like beta that are really going to struggle.
The other day we
talked about the possibility of
index - y global stock
funds buying mainland Chinese shares at what look like rather excited prices, and here it is:
This year, Buffett
talked at length
about how most investors are better served in low - cost
index funds rather than high - fee hedge
fund investments.
We'll
talk about stock
indexes, mutual
funds, bonds, and foreign exchange.
I have
talked in the past
about the need to focus on asset allocation as one gets older, and how
index funds are the low cost way to achieve asset diversification.
One of the biggest proponents of
indexing, Rick Ferri, has a post up
talking about why for muni bonds, high yield bonds and equity value it may make sense to move beyond
index funds.
And I said, «Well, you know, dad,» much like we've
talked about here, «you can get ETFs that are broadly diversified
index funds that come with low expense ratios.
I
talk a lot
about index funds in this video series.
Hedge
funds which benchmark against an
index such as the S&P 500 and can go anywhere, invest in bonds, loans, distressed debt, currency, etc is not what the Prof is
talking about and hence, perhaps, some of the confusion surrounding returns on an
index and the word «collectively».
You're
talking about mutual
funds, not
index ETFs?
By
indexed funds, Robbins is
talking about funds that invest in a batch of stocks trading on a particular
index such as the S & P 500.
I could've then taken the difference and invested it in a low - cost
index fund, and after 30 years would've been able to afford that diving pool I was
talking about earlier.
I've
talked at length
about why investing is a lazy man's game: buy
index funds, don't try to time the market, and watch your money grow.
In this module... Jared
talks about what an
index is, the different ways
index funds are weighted, active vs. passive investing, and the pros and cons of using
index funds.
Since Vanguard isn't known to be a company that does a lot of over-the-top sales marketing, it doesn't shock me that they don't have a ton of content on the benefits of automatic investing — but it's something they should consider, especially since the crux of everything we
talk about falls within their investment philosophy: investing in
index funds, dollar cost averaging and keeping your fees low.
We're constantly
talking about how
index funds perform better and cost less than actively managed
funds; now, we can safely say they're less risky, too.
But when we're
talking about investing, you could invest in a value
index fund.
Tomorrow we'll finish this interview with Fred
talking about mutual /
index funds, telling us his best and worst stock picks ever and even giving us a couple «hot» stock tips.
My Disclaimer: I «eat my own cooking», and will invest in some of the
index funds or individual stocks that I
talk about on this website.
That made one of my eyebrows rise, because I'm under the impression that with every investment; whether you're
talking about an actively managed mutual
fund, an
index fund, an EFT, or anything else; when you get down to the core of what is being traded, you're dealing in stocks.
I'm surprised they didn't
talk about fees and the fact that the
index funds still beat 60 % of active mutual
fund managers.
Hi Denisa, you're pointing to an american
fund with european stocks in it, while Marcel and MMM were
talking about investing as a european (i.e. you live in Europe and you want to buy cheap
index funds).
So Chris says he understands that not all, or even most, actively managed
funds can beat the market — we
talked about that — but do we believe that a small percentage of particularly skilled managers could consistently beat the market or the market averages or
indexes?
My nabor is loosing money with the TD
index fund CC
talked about this year even with the goverment grants.
I spent a recent weekend at the Self - Managed Superannuation
Fund (SMSF) Expo
talking to SMSF trustees
about indices.
It was not in their interest, actually, to have the development of an
index fund because it brought down fees dramatically and as we've
talked about, some in the reports and other people would comment.
Most of the people here are
talking about buying an
index fund or
funds, so there's no real way that stock buybacks by individual companies are going to be a very useful indicator of much of anything in that context.
Time and again Warren Buffett
talk about advantages of passive
funds i.e. Index Funds and
funds i.e.
Index Funds and
Funds and ETFs.
About a month ago I was
talking to my 403b advisor and she opened my eyes to low cost
index funds.
The ETFs we're
talking about here are sometimes referred to as
Index Funds since each ETF tracks a particular i
Index Funds since each ETF tracks a particular
indexindex.