outperform

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Conventional wisdom has long said that retail investors should buy cheap funds that passively track the major indexes, since these index funds generally outperform actively managed funds External link.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Conventional wisdom has long said that retail investors should buy cheap funds that passively track the major indexes, since these index funds generally outperform actively managed funds External link.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

For most investors the investment implication is to buy and hold a broad-market index fund, which over time reliably beats 90% of managers vying to outperform a benchmark index.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Data from the report also indicated that streaming films with at least somewhat diverse casts tended to outperform in terms of audience and social media engagement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

Or that the upper triple-A-rated floor of some subprime mortgage bond would outperform the lower, triple-B-rated, floor.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis