A passive decade: Only 35% of active funds outperform tracker alternative over ten years

Due to US tech concentration

Linus Uhlig
clock • 2 min read

Just over a third (35%) of active equity funds have managed to beat the average passive alternative in their sector so far this year, down from 56% in 2021.

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