Q: I’m reading that a smart investor only uses “passive” funds — what does that mean? A: A short answer is that “passive” investment funds use computers and algorithms to pick their contents. They ...

Whether you’re an active or passive investor, you can take advantage of a “dollar-cost” averaging technique. While it might not seem obvious, financial investing is mainly driven by the individual ...

Active management is based on the belief that skilled managers can generate alpha through market insight and tactical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Host of the Retire Sooner podcast and CFP™ practitioner. Is one of the most popular investing strategies quietly distorting the ...

Passive income is about making your money work for you and typically involves an initial investment of time, effort or ...

We’ll define both and show you the differences, including which types of income qualify as active and which are passive. Both incomes are required throughout your lifetime, but combining the power of ...

Historically, most exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been passive. But that’s starting to change, with more and more active ETFs coming to market. The growth in active ETFs is largely the result of ...

In a competitive industry, Active Passive does n't differentiate itself enough, leading to an Average Parent Pillar rating. A strength of Active Passive is that its product shelf of open-end and ...

It’s not a pretty picture: Most funds failed to survive and outperform over longer time frames. The report also breaks down the distribution of active funds’ excess returns versus index funds over the ...