Index Funds vs. Mutual Funds | Phil Town

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The biggest difference being the fees. Picking a low fee index fund like VOO will save you hundreds of thousands over a life time compared to a 1% or 2% fee mutual fund.

What Is better for long term index fund or mutaul fund?

Clears up that an index like SPY is a better investment than mutual funds (the fee's) and ETF's yet you can't get out of it if it drops and becomes iliquid.

Right. Let's ignore the fact that Warren buffet strongly encourages people to invest in mutual index funds. Especially if you're a beginner.

This guy is only telling you not to so you continue watching his content.
Oh let me guess… he quit his job to continue educating people on YouTube.

So, a high fee mutual fund propaganda video is at the top of youtube on this subject.

Why are you making and teaching false?

Index funds are not always ETFs. Plenty of index mutual funds.

90 percent of mutual funds underperform index funds after fees

I’m lost. I thought an index fund was a TYPE of Mutual fund.

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This is donald trump teaching 4th grade math……

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he explained very good what is the difference between index and mutual funds..thanks

Main difference I'd say is that ETF's are traded like stocks – you can buy/sell during market hours like a regular stocks, and have lower fees than Mutual Funds. Mutual Funds can only be traded at the end of the day (it executes after market close), and need a few days to settle/go through. Also typically have higher fees.

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While most people should promptly ignore Phil's advice and just buy an index fund for their retirement, Phil is correct about the drawbacks of index funds. Said drawbacks are mostly with how the underlying indices are weighted, but also with certain index funds' tax liabilities if a major selloff were to occur. However, considering that the tax liability part is a non-issue in a IRA or 401k, most people should probably just buy a low cost index fund because they have low turnover and very low fees compared to even the most conservative active funds out there, and also considering that most ordinary people do not have the time or temperament to actively select stocks on their own.

Holy crap this was some passive aggressive sales bullshit.

So I'm doing something else and just have this on in the background, but I had to stop and comment because of what he said at 2:55, implying that passive investors don't know how to invest. What the fuck are you talking about? That is such a load of shit. Passive investment strategies have CONSISTENTLY been proven to out perform active strategies over the long term. Very few funds manage to out perform the S&P over a long period of time. Sure, short term, you might get a better return with active investment, but over the course of decades, you're almost guaranteed to make less than an index ETF unless you're a particular savvy or lucky investor. This is advice you can get straight from Warren Buffet. This guy is obviously trying to sell something if he says passive investment is bad and only he can teach you how to invest correctly. What scum. Go die you sack of shit. If you look in the description there's a link to some sketchy website that probably tries to convince you to invest in something that he gets a commission on. FUCK YOU. I hate people who take advantage of other people's lack of understanding in such complex subjects.

The difference. The distinction between active and passive funds is fairly simple. Active funds employ analysts and managers to hunt for hot stocks and bonds. Index funds merely buy and hold the stocks or bonds in an underlying market gauge like the Standard & Poor's 500 index or Dow Jones industrial average.
Last year, a Morningstar study found that "actively managed funds have generally underperformed their passive counterparts especially over longer time horizons, and experienced higher mortality rates – that is many were merged or closed." Higher fees were the chief drag on active fund performance, Morningstar concluded, echoing many previous studies.

All these fucking finance guys need to get a real job other than speculating about the stock market and investing other people's money. Passive investing is suitable for the average person..unless I have millions of dollars and investing is my full time job. I don't want to get bogged down by all the details of the financial markets