Conflict tends to be the norm in discussions about active and passive investing approaches, but it shouldn't be. While a March 2019 article in The Wall Street Journal reinforces the idea that "few ...

For many writers, feedback that your copy is "too passive" can be frustrating. The passive voice is, after all, grammatically correct. But there's a reason that public relations and communications ...

One Word, Two Meanings Everybody knows that there are active funds, and there are passive funds. Those are the terms used across the industry--by investment consultants, financial advisors, the media, ...

When you're thinking about active vs. passive investing, it's important to realize that there are benefits to each. Active investing requires someone to actively manage a fund or account, while ...

This handout is also available for download in PDF format. We refer to a sentence as being in the "active voice" when the subject is performing the action of the sentence (the verb). A sentence is in ...

What’s better—active or passive management? Both keep capital markets orderly. Ever since index funds—also known as passive investments--have existed, there has been an endless debate about their ...

Whether you write on a part- or full-time basis, you can benefit from becoming more familiar with an often-overlooked aspect of writing that is treated in today’s column: active and passive voice ...

Historically, most exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been passive. But that’s starting to change, with more and more active ETFs coming to market. The growth in active ETFs is largely the result of ...

As a member of probably the last generation to grow up with a rotary dial phone in the house, I can still recall when there was clear distinction between phones and computers. Phones were utilitarian ...

Chances are, if you put a group of Bogleheads in a room with a bunch of fund managers, it’s likely nobody will completely agree on the best investing approach. If you casually toss the active vs.