http://www.askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/active-versus-passive-investing/ Latest Credit Card News, Reviews and Information Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/active-versus-passive-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-15430 Is Your Portfolio Diversified? (Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog) Sat, 26 May 2007 03:20:47 +0000 http://askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/active-versus-passive-investing/#comment-15430 [...] Another thing to be aware of is that you have to use the right index to measure a fund’s performance. For example, you cannot compare a large cap growth fund to the S&P Index. The proper index to use is the Russell 1000 growth index. Similarly, a large cap value index has to be measured against a Russell 1000 value index. The reason why the mainstream media says more than 90% of actively managed funds funds fail to “beat the market” is simply because they should not be using the market index. Small cap managers should be measure against the small cap index, and not the S&P. If you measure funds against the proper index, the figure is much less than what the mainstream press and “finance celebrities” have you to believe. Check out my post on comning active and passive investing for details. [...] [...] Another thing to be aware of is that you have to use the right index to measure a fund’s performance. For example, you cannot compare a large cap growth fund to the S&P Index. The proper index to use is the Russell 1000 growth index. Similarly, a large cap value index has to be measured against a Russell 1000 value index. The reason why the mainstream media says more than 90% of actively managed funds funds fail to “beat the market” is simply because they should not be using the market index. Small cap managers should be measure against the small cap index, and not the S&P. If you measure funds against the proper index, the figure is much less than what the mainstream press and “finance celebrities” have you to believe. Check out my post on comning active and passive investing for details. [...]

]]> http://www.askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/active-versus-passive-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-15247 Finance Carnival Picks: From Investing Topics To The Inside Scoop On Traffic Tickets » Silicon Valley Blog About Money Wed, 23 May 2007 15:14:04 +0000 http://askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/active-versus-passive-investing/#comment-15247 [...] #1 The 101st Edition of Carnival of Personal Finance is at Fire Finance from which I plucked these: Is Anything Really New In Personal Finance? by My Wealth Builder Debit Cards: A Good Deal Gets Better by MoneyMonk Combine Active and Index Investing by Ask Mr Credit Card I Hate The So-Called ‘Core’ CPI by Advanced Personal Finance [...] [...] #1 The 101st Edition of Carnival of Personal Finance is at Fire Finance from which I plucked these: Is Anything Really New In Personal Finance? by My Wealth Builder Debit Cards: A Good Deal Gets Better by MoneyMonk Combine Active and Index Investing by Ask Mr Credit Card I Hate The So-Called ‘Core’ CPI by Advanced Personal Finance [...]

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