Why active ETFs and model portfolios are becoming essential tools for advisors looking to scale without sacrificing active ...

If you visit with a financial planner or a fiduciary, they’re likely to ask if you’re interested in active management. What is active management? At its simplest level, it means someone is tracking ...

ETFs are often mischaracterised as passive products, but they can be a convenient way to add active management to your ...

In August 1979, Businessweek famously proclaimed 'The Death of Equities'—right before one of the longest and largest bull markets of all time began. It was a perfect example of the investment truism ...

Actively managed funds had a stellar year last year. The typical manager in both large and small cap funds outperformed, earning 2 percent and 3 percent more than their benchmarks, even after fees, ...

Active exchange-traded funds are a hot story and one that I have frequently talked about during the past couple of years. I tend to focus on how active strategies fit into the ETF wrapper, but this ...

[The “active” versus “passive” investment debate has raged for decades fueled by performance comparison reports like SPIVA, Alpha Architects, and many others chronicling how a large cross-section of ...

(This week, we're looking at the differences between indexing and passive management. To start, we'll first discuss the differences between active management and passive management to get a better ...

Well, I guess it has been decided. Active investment management is dead. Passive management wins. Hedge fund and mutual fund managers who engage in such a horrific means of wealth destruction should ...

Just how actively managed is your actively managed mutual fund? And, more importantly, what’s the real pay-off for all that activity? These long-standing questions took center stage with the recent ...

The last decade has been a gift to passive index investors. U.S. large-cap equity enjoyed a great run beginning January 1, 2009, producing 14.7% in annualized returns in the S&P 500, an index that has ...

Sources of Pain It's common knowledge that actively run stock funds tend to lag index funds. But why? One possibility is that active managers collectively make poor investment choices. Another is that ...