Passive Investing Is Driving the Decline of Active Fund Alpha. Here’s What That Means for Investors
An overwhelming body of academic research demonstrates that the past performance of actively managed mutual funds does not provide valuable information as to future performance. For example, Eugene Fama and Kenneth French, authors of the 2010 study “Luck Versus Skill in the Cross-Section of Mutual Fund Returns,” found that fewer active managers (about 2%) were able to outperform their three-factor (beta,
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Stock Market Riddle Reveals Big Opportunity
Imagine a company generating $210 billion in revenues, what do you think it would be worth? To give you a clue, Alphabet produces $297 billion in revenues and is worth almost $1.8 billion. Can you take a stab now at what this other firm is worth?
There is lots of information you need to answer the question so we’ll cut to the chase and share with you that the company in question,
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Pay 54% Less Than Buffett For Iconic Stock
When Warren Buffett first started to snap up shares of Kraft Heinz in 2013 and closed a deal to acquire 26.6% of the firm in 2015, it seemed like a masterstroke from the Oracle of Omaha.
Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) had all the elements,
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The Next Trillion Dollar Company?
The economic ups and downs of 2020 put entire industries underwater, but the technology sector thrived. There was instant demand from consumers, educational institutions and businesses of all sizes for cloud-based services, which drove up revenue—and share prices—for companies like Amazon, Netflix, Zoom and Peloton.
Of course, that growth wasn’t limited to US-based companies.