What the E!

With all the economic turmoil that has taken place in the last year, I am sure we will see a number of people looking for “secret” methods to obtain positive returns and increase portfolio values. This methods may be successful for short term periods, but very few products will prove to have long term value.

A traditional method that almost no one in the financial services industry wants you to hear about is investing in index funds. Most investors for the long term are still going to find it tough to beat an index fund. Check out this story from the NY Times that details the continued fundamental strength of index funds. Index Funds are still winners.