Don Macfarlane, CFP

Decorative pattern

Opinion: Active investing works

Rarely a week goes by when we don’t read that passive investing through ETFs and low fee index mutual funds is a much better way to go than investing in actively managed mutual funds. And we can count on the authors reminding us that the average mutual fund has lower returns than the benchmark index. […]

By Don Macfarlane, CFP |March 30, 2010

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