Should You Forget Stock Picking and Just Buy This ETF Instead?
Investors often do significant damage to their long-term returns by trying to pick winners, overtrading, and timing the market. Why not just buy the S&P 500 instead?
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The latest SPIVA study for 2025 showed that 79% of actively managed large-cap U.S. equity funds underperformed the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). This continues a decades-long trend of active managers largely failing to keep up with the index with any consistency.
And these are professionals, too. These aren't retail folks without nearly the same information access. The lack of consistent success and high fees make it questionable whether or not the pros are adding appropriate value for the cost.
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Originally published at www.fool.com.
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