Here's a fascinating description from Economist Burton G. Malkiel that explains why mutual funds (which is to say, active investing)...         
         
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              A study evaluating how 4,700 public companies performed before and after three global recessions (1980, 1990 and 2000) provided some...         
         
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              Robert Shiller had an excellent article in the NYTimes where he comments on the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE)* ratio ...         
         
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              Bain & Company's recently released Global Private Equity Report finds that over the last 10 years private equity performance has...         
         
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              A recent edition of Grant's Interest Rate Observer compares the market value of US based companies against US GDP and the market val...         
         
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