A Professor Who Was Right About Index Funds All Along

Re:A Professor Who Was Right About Index Funds All Along by walshemj on Saturday October 22, 2016 @11:30AM (#12769061)

True but some of my active funds correctly saw the problems with the UK banks and got out before the big losses an index fun would have had to buy those banks and taken the loss.

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Re:A Professor Who Was Right About Index Funds All Along by iends on Saturday October 22, 2016 @11:45AM (#12769128)

The saying is "a broken clock is right twice a day." Correctly reading and responding to market conditions is not sufficient. You have to do it continually.

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Re:A Professor Who Was Right About Index Funds All Along by walshemj on Saturday October 22, 2016 @12:32PM (#12769329)

which a lot of my Investment trusts have done for several decades

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Re:A Professor Who Was Right About Index Funds All Along by joubert on Saturday October 22, 2016 @01:02PM (#12769457)

Care to share the love and say which investment trusts?

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