Article: every active mutual fund fails to beat the SP500

[nereo]

For your reading interest: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/your-money/how-many-mutual-funds-routinely-rout-the-market-zero.html?_r=0

In short, after 5 years, out of 2,862 actively managed funds each with a broad portfolio of largely US stocks, only 2 have beaten the market the first 4 year-long periods, and they both seem likely to loose money at the end of this period.

A low-cost index fund beats out almost all actively managed mutual funds yet again!

[arebelspy]

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