The success rate for active managers has not been very good. In fact, it has been downright awful. It is really hard to beat an index. If you or your advisor are pursuing traditional active management, you’ll need to depend on some serious luck. The decisions you or your financial advisor make around the types of managers and investment strategies you invest in can make a big difference in your long-term returns.

“Star-rating” or similar ranking systems have been popularized by Morningstar and Lipper. Should you use these when selecting a fund?

“Since US stocks are doing so well, why should anyone hold international stocks?” Here are at least six reasons to keep a global focus when investing.

We tend to get focused on one side of the coin or the other, yet few things are that clear. Investing takes time, perspective, and patience. Each year, there are good things and bad things, still, the world doesn’t end. Here are the top 10 good/bad things of 2018.

With the recent market swells, I imagine many of you are feeling some queasiness. It’s important to keep a long-term focus as you invest.

It is really hard to beat an index. If you or your adviser are pursuing traditional active management, the odds are stacked against you winning. Passive management has been growing in recent years for this reason.

Many of us fall victim to behavioral biases and emotional-decision making. But the evidence says that ETFs and index funds are more efficient than high-cost, actively managed funds.

According to our rough analysis, over the past decade, mutual fund investors wasted about half a trillion dollars on unrewarded active management expenses.

Active management is a loser’s game, which will only get tougher to win going forward. Swedroe and Berkin dive into the de4creasing pool of available alpha in their book, “The Incredible Shrinking Alpha.” Read our review.