There has been a raging debate about active versus passive funds for many years.John Bogle, the father of index investing, has popularized the concept of passive funds. His idea was simple – most active funds underperform the index in the USA after costs (including taxes) and therefore one should invest in low-cost funds that mimic holdings of an index.These passive funds are also traded on stock exchanges and are known as exchange-traded funds (ETFs).The concept has…
