Opinion

Comment: the unease of index investing

John Bogle, Vanguard 

Index investing is a disruptive innovation from which private investors have fully benefited. They get more returns and at much lower costs. Moreover, academic studies and, of course, the annual surveys by Standard & Poors show time and again that simply trying to beat the market is doomed to failure.

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