Morningstar Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png Morningstar Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 The Stock-Pickers’ Market Myth https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/stock-pickers-market-myth/ Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:05:54 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4947 Earlier this month, Barron’s ran a cover story that made the case that 2015 was likely to be a “stock pickers’ market.” Active portfolio managers were expected to “recapture their lost glory” as interest rates were predicted to rise. Unfortunately, we have heard similar claims at the start of every year. In early 2014 The […]

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]]> Indexing and the 2014 “Stock-Picker’s” Market https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/indexing-2014-stock-pickers-market/ Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:22:46 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4587 In January of this year it was widely believed 2014 would be a “stock-picker’s” market. While the S&P 500® index of large U.S. stocks produced an extremely generous return of more than 30% in 2013, an indexing strategy was deemed unlikely to be effective in 2014 — or so active managers argued in an attempt […]

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]]> Morningstar’s New Ranking System: Worthwhile? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/morningstars-ranking-system-worthwhile/ Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:16:20 +0000 /blog/?p=1584 Morningstar debuted its new mutual fund ratings systems this week. Everyone’s known for some time that the company’s widely used star system for ratings doesn’t work to predict future results any better than simply using funds’ expense ratios. Morningstar itself acknowledged the fact that expense ratios are a better predictor of performance. Even after that […]

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]]> Inside The Black Box Of ETFs: Tracking Error May Cost More Than You Know https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/black-box-etfs-tracking-error-cost/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:06:54 +0000 /blog/?p=1314 When I was a kid growing up in Miami, I used to trade baseball cards. I thought I was very smart.  I amassed what I thought was a pretty nice collection and convinced my friends to go to baseball card shows around the city to sell off some of the crown jewels, including our vintage […]

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