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Advisers may invest your money in ETFs and/or mutual funds, actively manage your finances or give you tips and not even touch your money, and advise you on tax-efficient withdrawals.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Those fees aren’t as low as those of Vanguard’s index funds, but are highly reasonable for an actively managed fund where the average fee is 0.59%, according to Morningstar.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Instead, they generate directed fluid flows that actively push proteins toward the leading edge, where cells extend, move and repair tissue.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
“After eating nothing or very little through the winter months, rattlesnakes are actively foraging in the spring and also looking for mates.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
We’d trekked through auditoriums all over the country, eaten more fast food than we ever wanted to, and shown up for fancy fund-raisers at homes so opulent we’d had to actively keep ourselves from gawking.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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