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"Evidence points overwhelmingly to the conclusion that active management of assets fails to produce satisfactory results for individual investors... Index funds provide a clearly superior alternative." -- David F. Swensen, Yale University, Chief Investment Officer

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Warren Buffett Backs Index Funds Over ETFs

John Spence of MarketWatch explains why Warren Buffett recommmends the use of low-cost index funds over ETFs - because the temptation to engage in self-destructive trading with ETFs may be too great for some investors to resist.

posted by MHS at 3:05 PM

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