Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. Vanguard and Fidelity offer popular index funds with competitive expense ...

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It’s easier to make a case for using fairly priced, proven active bond funds than it is for stock funds. That’s the upshot of recent research by Morningstar’s Eric Jacobson and Maciej Kowara. In “The ...

Vanguard and BlackRock lead with passive strategie... Vanguard remains the largest fund family in the US, managing over $8.5 trillion in assets. While the firm offers a robust selection of actively ...

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This article was written by Vikas Jain, Index Quant Research and Yingjin Gan, Head of Index Research at Bloomberg. Over the past few decades, index-linked (passive funds) have experienced substantial ...

The fund has returned 17.04 percent over the past year, 22.07 percent over the past three years, 13.01 percent over the past five years and 14.14 percent over the past decade. The fund seeks a ...

The fund outperformed its benchmark, the Index Asset Allocation Blended Index, during the third quarter. The fund's tactical asset allocation (TAA) trades added to performance over the period. The ...