Masters in Business

Are your expensive active mutual funds and ETFs actually active? Or, as is too often the case, are they only pretending to be active? Do they charge a high active fee but then behave more like an index fund? If so, you are the victim of closet indexing. Andrew Slimmon, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, leads the Applied Equity Advisors team and serves as Senior Portfolio Manager for all long equity strategies. He speaks with Barry Ritholtz about the best ways to avoid the funds that charge high fees but fail to provide the benefits of active management.

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks to Samara Cohen, senior managing director at BlackRock Inc. and chief investment officer of the firm's ETF & Index Investments. She is also a member of BlackRock's Global Executive Committee and its investment and talent subcommittees. Cohen is also the Global Executive Committee's sponsor for BlackRock’s Women’s Initiative & Allies Network and a member of the Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Steering Committee. She was previously a managing director in the securities division of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., where she built and led the global market transition team following the 2008 global financial crisis.

Markets go up and down as news breaks, companies miss earnings estimates, and economic data disappoints. It's not too hard to see why staying the course can be a challenge for investors. Larry Swedroe, Head of Financial and Economic Research at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, which manages or advises on $70 Billion in client assets, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about the best ways to navigate through this sea of noise and stay the course.

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