Managed Funds Take Beating Again From Indexes

According to a recent Standard & Poor's study comparing index funds to actively-managed funds for a five-year period ending in 2008:

Percent of actively-managed, large-cap fund managers who beat the S&P500: 28.1%

Percent of actively-managed, small-cap fund managers who beat the S&P SmallCap 600: 14.5%

Percent of actively-managed, emerging markets fund managers who beat the S&P/IFC Emerging Markets Index: 10.2%

Source: Wall Street Journal via Greg Mankiw

See previous CD posts on index investing here, here, here and here.

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