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Apr 2023
39m 45s

Active Stock Picking Is Getting Harder

PENSIONCRAFT
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Some people claim that active managers can capitalise on market crashes to beat the benchmark. But do they really save us from being savaged by bears?

The analysts at S&P Dow Jones have been hard at work on their updated Index vs Active scorecard, and the numbers for 2022 are hot off the press.

The latest data reveals that UK active funds experienced their worst underperformance on record. We dig into the report to find out why.

And in today’s Dumb Question of the Week: Does passive investing work for Emerging Markets?

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