The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

That's according to data compiled by mutual fund company and retirement plan administrator Vanguard in its 2023 look at all of its plans' participants. That is to say, less trading and simpler strategies often lead to more gains than you'd likely achieve with a more active or narrowly focused approach.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Active vs. passive, explained Active and passive investing are two key investing approaches. You'll see the two in the world of mutual funds, as an example. Actively managed mutual funds are ones where financial professionals study the universe of investments and decide which ones to buy and sell, and when to do so.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2023

If you prefer active management, you might go with Vanguard Wellington Fund (VWELX), which has a similar stock/bond target, but human beings pick the stocks. Or, if you are more conservative, you might go with Vanguard Wellesley Fund (VWINX), which targets a 40% stock and 60% bond mix.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2023

Let someone else make the decisions If you're an active investor, it might sound counterintuitive, but you can hire someone else to handle subsets of your portfolio. On the mutual fund front, you could start your search with a fund like Fidelity Natural Resources (FNARX). Rowe Price, and other fund shops.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 1, 2024

Savings accounts are my primary cash account type I prioritize investing when I have extra money, and while that's a different topic for a different article, it's worth pointing out that the bulk of my money is in brokerage accounts and retirement accounts , invested in stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, and other instruments.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To relatively new investors the suggestion seems outrageous. The whole point of being an active investor is to outperform the stock market! As most veteran investors can attest, however, consistently beating the market is a rarity. Most mutual fund managers can't even do it.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 20, 2024

I was investing and I think for most of that was in the form of mutual funds, which were more in vogue at the time. You could call it investing. It was very passive investing. I basically just let them steer the ship, so to speak.

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