For many institutional investors, indexing has become a default way to access the broad market, but the time has come to apply real scrutiny to this approach. For much of the past 50 years, index ...

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Just as dividends can compound positively over time, fees work in the opposite direction by steadily eroding returns. While many brokerages have eliminated trading commissions and account maintenance ...

Our research team assigns Gold ratings to strategies that they have the most conviction will outperform a relevant index, or most peers, over a market cycle on a risk-adjusted basis. Trading frictions ...

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A flawed small-cap index fund. Our research team assigns Bronze ratings to strategies they’re confident will outperform a relevant index, or most peers, over a market cycle on a risk-adjusted basis.

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