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When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realizatio n turns into self-absorption , other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and become mere means to the fulfillment of our needs and desires.

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David F. Swensen

Invest in low-turnover, passively managed index funds. . . and stay away from profit-driven investment management organizations. . . The mutual fund industry is a colossal failure. . . resulting from its systematic exploitation of individual investors. . . as funds extract enormous sums from investors in exchange for providing a shocking disservice. . . Excessive management fees take their toll, and manager profits dominate fiduciary responsibility.

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Active management strategies demand uninstitutional behavior from institutions, creating a paradox that few can unravel. Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile requires acceptance of uncomfortably idiosyncratic portfolios, which frequently appear downright imprudent in the eyes of conventional wisdom.

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Unless an investor has access to 'incredibly high-qualified professionals,' they should be 100 percent passive - that includes almost all individual investors and most institutional investors.

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Most active mutual funds are more interested in collecting fees than in boosting returns for investors.

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Never underestimate the gullibility of large pools of money.

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A minuscule 4 percent of funds produce market-beating after-tax results with a scant 0. 6 percent (annual) margin of gain. The 96 percent of funds that fail to meet or beat the Vanguard 500 Index Fund lose by a wealth-destroying margin of 4. 8 percent per annum.

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