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Zac

Noob at Idiots Invest

22 Feb 2021

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General Investing

Since index investing is an "active" decision that an "active" selection and weighting of stocks will suit your needs - what is a truly "passive" method of investing, and what are its merits?

I refer to this article: https://blog.seedly.sg/good-investors-index-inv...

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Zac

22 Feb 2021

Noob at Idiots Invest

Dear friends, some context before you spend your precious time explaining - I think the article misconstrues things slightly and just wanted to seek out alternative opinions instead of confirming my own blindly.

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Zac

22 Feb 2021

Noob at Idiots Invest

Dear friends, some context before you spend your precious time explaining - I think the article misconstrues things slightly and just wanted to seek out alternative opinions instead of confirming my own blindly.

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thefrugalstudent

22 Feb 2021

Founder at thefrugalstudent.com

Hi Zac,

I understand your confusion and I 100% agree with Randy. TBH, I feel like the thought of pa...

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