FYI: Lu Zhang, a finance professor at Ohio State University, has something to say about your hot new index funds, and it may not be flattering.
Not long ago, the typical investment portfolio was a grab bag of stocks, bonds and actively managed mutual funds. Today, it is more likely an assortment of index funds. And not just any index funds. Indexes are no longer content to simply track the market. A growing number of them are attempting to replicate traditional styles of active management, also known as “factors.” I counted roughly 900 mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in the U.S. that track factor indexes, and that number is likely to grow.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-24/professor-lu-zhang-has-some-questions-about-your-index-funds
