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With active ETFs exploding in complexity and capturing almost half of all ETF inflows in recent years, the traditional "passive vs. active" debate has evolved into a more nuanced discussion about when ...

The long-running active-versus-passive debate has become even more heated than usual during the recent stock market turmoil. It’s a dispute with trillions of dollars at stake. The advent of passive ...

There’s been an ongoing debate about passive strategies vs active strategies in equities and fixed income. While passive strategies have generally proven to outperform in equities, the same is not ...

I have six observations detailed below that help guide my approach to the active vs. passive question. Active analysis hinges on reasonable forecasts of ex-ante alpha and active risk both in terms of ...

For the past five decades a radical idea has been eating away at the soul of the global asset management industry: What if you can’t beat the market? At least, not consistently. Then all the time, ...

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The decades-long debate over the virtues of active versus passive investing shifted abruptly in 2022. High inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty disrupted equity markets, ending a ...

With numerous studies demonstrating that passive index investing consistently outperforms most active managers over the long term, one may question why investors would opt for an active manager. It ...

Active investing may sound like a better approach than passive investing. After all, we’re prone to see active things as more powerful, dynamic and capable. Active and passive investing each have some ...