i argue that a low fee balanced portfolio of passive investments will normally outperform actively managed. Actively managed investments even if come with higher return compared to similar benchmarked assets.
I opt for low fee ETFs to construct my balanced portfolio.
there is an interesting debate on this topic here, but I still vote for low fee passive.
Passive Versus Active Investing: A Debate
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The other side of the issue is that if you are not as good at making the right investment choices, then active investing can burn through your assets much faster. Passive diversified portfolio tends to give a small, but steady, income, and in the worst case scenario it will give a small, but steady, loss of the investments.
However, this reasoning only applies to investing without involving third parties. As mentioned in the debate, unless you manage your investments personally, the managers will charge you much more for active investing, compared to the passive one. I would imagine that the net profits for the customers are equal in this case, as the market naturally adjusts the fees in such a way as to not favor one type of investing over the other.
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