Inventer of index investing
Thursday, April 6th, 2006From a post (49359) on the Diehards forum, according to DFA, Rex A. Sinquefield was the inventor of index investing. Here is the link to the DFA article.
Archive for April, 2006
Vanguard Diehards’ discussion on Prosper.com
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006The Vanguard Diehards have been known to be among the most investment-savvy group of people on the internet. Recently, a discussion on Prosper.com was started. The group’s opinion seems to be that it is probably OK as a borrower but most would not touch the lender’s side with a 10-foot pole. Post 18 sums it […]
Selecting superior mutual fund performance
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006A recent paper in the FPA Journal studies “The difficulty of selecting superior mutual fund performance“. The study attempts to quantify the relative performance of actively managed large- and mid-cap funds during a 20 years period (11 10-year rolling perfiods). The conclusions are similar to what studies have already shown:
During the study period, most actively […]
