A recent study by a team at Vanguard contradicts the idea adopted by many investors and financial professionals that “broadly diversified portfolios are inferior to concentrated portfolios made up of…
Tag: Passive Investing
Zweig and Grant on the Pressure to Go Passive
On a recent episode of WealthTrack, Consuelo Mack interviewed financial journalists Jason Zweig and James Grant regarding the lagging performance of value stocks and the pressure to move to passive…
Passive Investing Could Cause Market Trouble
“A fundamental shift in market structure towards rules-based, passive investing over the past decade means a lot of trading is no longer based on fundamentals” and the shift could lead…
Some Thoughts on Howard Marks’ Most Recent Memo
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — Howard Marks’ memos provide some of the deepest and most thought provoking insights in the investing world today. They are on par with Warren Buffett’s annual…
Swedroe Addresses Indexing Concerns
In a recent article for ETF.com, Larry Swedroe breaks down concerns regarding passive investing, including the notion that it has “become such a force that the market’s price discovery function…