Quotations that Support Index Funds Investing

ifarcs.com – More Quotes http – ifa.com – Numerous experts have concluded that the best investment is a globally diversified, small value tilted portfolio of index funds. " Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively managed dollar, net of costs. Empirical analyses that appear to refute this principle are guilty of improper measurement." – William F. Sharpe, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1990, The Arithmetic of Active Management, The Financial Analysts' Journal Vol. 47, No. 1, January/February 1991. pp. 7-9. "Most investors are pretty smart. Yet most investors also remain heavily invested in actively managed stock funds. This is puzzling. The temptation, of course, is to dismiss these folks as ignorant fools. But I suspect these folks know the odds are stacked against them, and yet they are more than happy to take their chances." – Jonathan Clements; The Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2001 "The deeper one delves, the worse things look for actively managed funds." – William Bernstein, The Intelligent Asset Allocator "The sheer magnitude of the difference we discovered between the total returns earned by funds and the results captured by the average shareholder is shocking and tragic." [over 4 years: Funds = 5.7%, Investors = 1%] – Charles Trzcinka, Professor of Finance, Indiana University. Money Magazine, June 2002. What Fund Investors Really Need to Know, by Jazon Zweig (see 1.3.3) " [ Most investors would ] be better <b>…</b>