The nineteenth-century feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys doesn’t hold a candle to the debate between supporters of index funds and supporters of active management. Those in the index fund camp cite decades of data—going back to the 1930s—to support their view that active management is a [...]
Tesla (and Zoom) out in the cold
Earlier this week, Tesla reported financial results for its most recent quarter. And for the fifth time in a row, it reported a profit. This was notable for a few reasons. Among them: Tesla’s increasingly strong performance again raises the question of why it has been excluded from the S&P 500 [...]
How to control your tax bill
It's mid-November. Is there anything you can still do to trim your 2019 tax bill? There very well might be. One overlooked aspect of mutual funds is that they can significantly—though quietly—impact shareholders’ tax returns. By way of background, mutual funds, including exchange-traded funds [...]
Yet another reason
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about the benefits of index funds. And to be honest, index fund advocates—myself included—are sometimes guilty of being a little preachy. So I won’t bore you with the same facts I’ve cited before. But the stock market’s behavior this year is worth [...]
Burry’s warning
Earlier this week, an investment manager named Michael Burry made waves when he issued an apocalyptic forecast: Index funds, he said, are in a bubble similar to the housing bubble that ended very badly in 2008. Burry couldn’t say when that crash will happen but noted ominously: “The longer it goes [...]
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