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The insiders' edge for 40 Act industry executives!
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MutualFundWire.com
The insiders' edge for 40 Act industry executives!
an InvestmentWires' Publication |
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014 People Think ETFs Can Replace Your Active Fund First, people were turning to ETFs because they are perceived to be cheaper, easier to trade, and offer tax advantages. Now a growing number of folks are arguing that an active fund can be mimicked by a bucket of ETFs. Case in point: ETF.com analyst Elisabeth Kashner suggests a package of ETFs to replace the Fidelity Contrafund. Meanwhile, Eric Balchunas from Bloomberg argues that investors can be their own equity analysts by using what he calls "robo-ETFs". Can a bucket of ETFs replace an active fund? Can those things that arguably make actively managed funds unique be substituted by a set of formulae. Let's back up a bit and ask a more fundamental question: How could this debate gotten this far already? Are active managers struggling this much now just to protect their existence? What are you going to do about this? Printed from: MFWire.com/story.asp?s=47640 Copyright 2014, InvestmentWires, Inc. All Rights Reserved |