The Motley Fool
MAY 16, 2024
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.
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 15, 2024
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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The Motley Fool
JUNE 30, 2024
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. Imagine two funds, each returning 10% annually.
The Motley Fool
MAY 4, 2024
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.
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 14, 2024
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.
The Motley Fool
JUNE 29, 2024
It doesn't take an advanced degree or special insider knowledge to do better than the vast majority of actively-managed mutual funds. It's a strategy Warren Buffett famously bet half a million dollars on with the expectation it could beat any hedge fund manager over 10 years. That means mutual fund investors have to pay fees.
The Motley Fool
JULY 29, 2024
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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