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2 Low-Cost Vanguard ETFs for Set-and-Forget Investors

The Motley Fool

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF: A cornerstone for equity exposure The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) tracks the performance of the S&P 500 index, providing investors with exposure to 500 of the largest U.S. This ETF is a favorite among passive investors for good reason. stock market.

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Private Credit, Meet “Higher for Longer”

Blackstone

From March 2009 when the S&P 500 traded at 13x earnings to August 2020 when it peaked at 23x, a passive investor in the market earned 16% per annum. From March 2009 when the S&P 500 traded at 13x earnings to August 2020 when it peaked at 23x, a passive investor in the market earned 16% per annum.

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Transcript: Mike Green, Simplify Asset Management

The Big Picture

What lase pointed out in his paper was that passive had to transact during periods in which there was index rebalancing. 00:20:33 And so in that period they ceased to be passive investors, they became active investors, and that became an opportunity for outperformance. In 2008, we didn’t have Uber, right?

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These 7 Blunt Words Just Opened a Can of Worms For Pfizer's Stock

The Motley Fool

Now, after a presentation at the 13D Monitor Active-Passive Investor Summit by Starboard's CEO Jeffrey Smith on Oct. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $43,777 !* 22, there's a lot less ambiguity. Netflix: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2004, you’d have $406,992 !*

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Author Lawrence McDonald Chats With "Motley Fool Money"

The Motley Fool

Jamie Dimon's letter this week from JP Morgan Chase also addressed that idea of how big those passive investors are and what that means for the market, what it means for things like proxy statements that all of these decisions are being made mostly automatically now versus active investors trading in and out of the market.

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