Posts Tagged ‘sector investing’
Passive Investing May Be Harming You More Than Helping
It’s no secret that passive index funds and ETFs have been gathering the bulk of asset flows for several years. In 2021 alone, passive funds assets increased by 35.9% and reached $20.87 trillion (as of June 30). Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street hold the bulk of these assets. Passive funds are, by definition, designed to…
Read MorePrices Are Not as Random as You Think…
In the popular investment book A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkeil, the author argues that asset prices are purely random. As a result, investors should just “buy and hold.” This thought has led the investment industry (and many investors) to simply close their eyes and hope for the best. There are several…
Read MoreU.S. Stock Indices Tumble Amid Russian Aggression
“There are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen.” –Vladimir Lenin As the world now knows, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the start of a “military operation” in Ukraine, attacking several cities in the Eastern European country after months of amassing troops at its borders. This act of aggression will likely…
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