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Index Funds

Dare To Compare Your Investment Results With Your Colleagues And Friends?

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Comparing your investment results to others can be misleading. Talking about money is like social media posts. People rarely share the bumps and bruises.…

Andrew Hallam

What Are The World's Best Performing Stock Market Indexes Right Now?

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Quick: Without looking. Can you guess which the top performing stock markets have been this year? Is the United States among them? Should you invest in them now? Why or why not?…

Andrew Hallam

No Sugarcoating: What Would Happen If Everyone Invested In Index Funds?

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What if everyone invested in index funds? Could the result be horrific? I didn’t sugarcoat my answer here.…

Andrew Hallam

Robert Arnott's Fundamental Index Packs A Solid Punch

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Robert Arnott proposed building indexes weighted by business earning instead of company size. John Bogle hated the idea. But if someone invested in fundamental index funds, I wouldn't call them foolish.…

Andrew Hallam

The Behavioural Difference Between Active And Passive Investors

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We know index funds earn better returns than actively managed funds. But did you know something occurs within the brains of active investors, making the performance gap even worse?…

Andrew Hallam

Why Serious Investors Shouldn't Fall In Love With Growth Stocks

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Which would make more money, an index filled with companies generating fast corporate growth or an index of companies generating slow corporate earnings? Based on odds, the answer might surprise you.…

Andrew Hallam

Index Investing Isn't As Popular As Headlines Suggest

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About 15% of money invested in the US stock market is in index funds or ETFs. Globally, it's even lower. Surprised? You would be, if you've read stories from the press suggesting otherwise. Or...are they suggesting otherwise? In this article, I explain.…

Andrew Hallam

Is Warren Buffett's View on Bonds Making You Think Twice?

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Some investors don't own bonds because of low (even negative) interest yields. In this article I address why we should always include an indexed bond element in our portfolio.…

Andrew Hallam

Why Do Indexes Beat Most Actively Managed Funds?

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While it isn’t a physical law, there should be a law based on the irrefutable premise that index funds always beat most actively managed funds. This isn’t news to most investors. But most people don’t know why indexes win.…

Andrew Hallam

What Is A Mutual Fund?

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Mutual funds might be the world's most commonly known investment products. But what exactly are they, and how do they work?…

Andrew Hallam