Most managers fall behind their benchmarks in any given year, and only 1% do better over any five-year period. An index fund is a better choice, but the S&P 500 has been dominated by just a few stocks ...

Across the Board Vanguard recently published a short paper called "MYTH: Active management performs better in certain market segments." Taken literally, that claim is untrue. Over any time period, ...

(MoneyWatch) Active stock managers underperform the appropriate stock indexes by an overwhelming margin. But not so for bonds, at least in the past few years. Let's examine why. The Vanguard Total ...

It’s been a little over one-year since brokerage firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. released its scathing assessment of index investing, titled "The Silent Road to Serfdom: Why Passive Investing is Worse ...

Index ETFs and mutual funds continue to gain market share at the expense of actively managed funds. According to Morningstar, more than $660 billion was added to index funds (ETFs and mutual funds) ...

When it comes to deciding whether to invest in ETFs or use direct indexing, investors don't have to choose one or the other. In fact, Vanguard argues that combining direct indexing with daily tax-loss ...

Index funds outperformed actively-managed stock market funds during the pandemic. What's better for your stock portfolio -- index funds or active management? The debate has carried on for decades, and ...