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This ETF Has Consistently Outperformed 88% of Mutual Funds Over the Past Decade

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Finding an ETF or mutual fund that can consistently beat the market year in and year out is practically impossible. Wall Street is full of sharp minds that are often willing to share their investment insights and strategies with everyday investors through a mutual fund. But one ETF has a strong track record of returns.

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Want to Outperform 98% of Professional Mutual Fund Managers? Buy This 1 Investment and Hold It Forever.

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Professional fund managers tend to be highly educated, hard-working, and extremely smart. But it doesn't take a highly complex trading plan to come out ahead of 98% of professional mutual fund managers over the long run. However, the challenge is compounded as the fund manager starts managing more capital.

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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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You Can Outperform 88% of Professional Fund Managers by Using This Simple Investment Strategy

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Professional fund managers are in charge of investing billions of dollars for investors. It doesn't take an advanced degree or special insider knowledge to do better than the vast majority of actively-managed mutual funds. There are a couple of factors that lead to such dismal results for active funds as a group.

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Annaly Capital Management's Total Return Won't Pay the Bills

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But before you get too caught up in the high yield here, you need to understand that the Annaly story is really about total return. For starters, that's more like a mutual fund model than a typical REIT model, given that there are no operating assets involved. For starters, total return assumes the reinvestment of dividends.

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This Simple Investment Strategy Outperforms 88% of Professional Fund Managers Over the Long Run

The Motley Fool

You don't need to be a Wall Street insider to beat most actively managed mutual funds. A simple investment strategy has outperformed nearly 88% of funds over the past 15 years, and its relative performance typically gets better over time. Here are the most recent results for large-cap funds. Image source: Getty Images.

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7 High-Return, Low-Risk Investments for Retirees

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So far, these seven high-return, low-risk investments make the most sense to me. Money market funds A money market fund is a mutual fund that invests in low-risk securities. For example, a money market fund might invest in municipal debt, corporate bonds, or Treasury bills.

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