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Is the passive investing boom bad news?

These kinds of investments – like putting money into index funds – now make up somewhere between 15% and 38% of the stock market.
Index funds have historically been a generally easy, cheap and profitable way to invest your money.
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The battle between active versus passive investing

Jul 26, 2013
Should you research individual companies or take the 'set-it and forget it' approach to investing?