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A Financial Mystery: Investors Paying Tens of Billions of Dollars to Underperforming Mutual Funds -- When Index Funds are Cheaper and Perform Better

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In 2021, investors paid almost $90 billion in total fees on about $14 trillion of actively managed mutual funds to an industry flogging a product demonstrably inferior to index funds. Active vs. passive funds It's quite a problem, and a seemingly puzzling one, too. Image source: Getty Images.

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More Than Half of Mutual Funds Underperform the Market. Here's Why You Can Beat Them.

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Actively managed mutual funds have generally underperformed broader market benchmarks. In 2022, exactly 50% of all domestic funds underperformed the S&P 500 index. But in 2021, when the index gained 29%, 80% of funds underperformed. So it's not as if mutual fund managers as a class are just poor stock pickers.

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This Is the Average 401(k) Balance, Data Shows. How Does Yours Compare?

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That represents the highest balance the firm had seen in 10 years, aside from 2021's average of $124,000. Rather, you're usually limited to different funds that allow you to invest in the stock market, either on a very broad level (like with an S&P 500 index fund) or based on the choices someone other than you makes. Rowe Price.

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Ethereum Investors Just Got Some Bullish News

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The SEC eventually yielded to investor pressure and a torrent of ETF applications, approving the first funds based on Bitcoin futures in 2021. Led by the popular iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: IBIT) and the converted mutual fund Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (NYSEMKT: GBTC) , 11 cryptocurrency ETFs entered the market that day.

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3 Magnificent S&P 500 Dividend Stocks Down 22%, 35%, and 45% to Buy and Hold Forever

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Investors appear to be increasingly interested in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) , or even individual stocks. Traditional mutual funds like the ones its investment company Franklin Templeton mostly manages appear to be falling out of favor. Most of this money is invested in ordinary mutual funds rather than exchange-traded funds.

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Got $1,000 to Invest in Stocks? Put It in This Index Fund.

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Asset Class Annualized Nominal Return, 1802 to 2021 Stocks 8.4% For example, over the 75 years between 1946 and 2021, stocks grew at an average annual rate of 11.3%, vs. 5.8% Here's a terrific S&P 500 index fund Meet the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO). Bonds 5% Bills 4% Gold 2.1% Image source: Getty Images.

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History Says Being Added to S&P 500 Will Have This Impact on Palantir Stock

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stocks and there is an enormous amount of investor money tied to the index because so many exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds track/mimic its performance. pps 2011 to 2021 +0.04 Between 2011 and 2021, stocks added to the S&P showed a decline of 0.04 percentage points between 2011 and 2021.