Index funds and expenses
I’ve been reading The Great Mutual Fund Trap which argues that since fund managers don’t beat the indexes over time, there’s no reason to pay the higher expense ratios associated with actively managed...
View ArticleVanguard Index funds & expenses
So I just wrote about why index funds make sense. The idea then becomes to track the market at the least cost. Enter Vanguard whose total market fund has an expense ratio of .20% and whose Vanguard 500...
View ArticlePassive investing
Here’s an interesting article about the virtues of passive investing but also argues that a somewhat active approach is the best. The author concludes: Active management of stock market investments...
View ArticleThe argument against passive investing
On a message board I frequent, there was recently a question about mutual funds. Which should I invest in? Large cap? Mid cap? Small cap? I said: “Index fund investing” Index funds are the way to go....
View ArticleA little humor
I know you don’t come here for jokes, but this might not be a joke. It is funny though. Mark Cuban, the Maverick owner, “claims he will soon start a stock fund that will wager on sports events, rather...
View ArticleHedge funds a bad place to be
This article from the New York Times but republished in the International Herald Tribune forecasts bad times ahead for hedge funds, similar to the tech bubble of a few years back. This is because of...
View ArticleExchange Traded Funds
Those of you who are already familiar with ETFs may wish to skip to the last few paragraphs for the investing comments. We begin with an explanation for those who are less familiar. The first Exchange...
View ArticleShould I buy beaten down stocks or index funds?
As I sold China Telecom do to risk Morning Star warned me about, I started thinking I needed to do more indexing. I usually tell people that I put most of my money in index funds and then a little...
View ArticleBarclays introducing new REIT ETFs
Here’s an interesting article on new Barclay’s ETFs that focus on various parts of the REIT index. The new ETFs will be very specialized when they’re ready: Barclays Global Investors of San Francisco...
View ArticleCarlyle Asia Growth Group investing $20 million in Korean hagwon
The Carlyle Group is a global equity fund. A private equity fund, Carlyle Asia Growth Capital Partners III, chose Topia because of all the Korean hagwons (privately owned cram schools that are more...
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