FWIW:

[stormingnorm]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...ex-funds-trounces-endowment-rivals/ar-BBLBuVB

NFM

 

[Art]

No news there. Pretty common for the returns on college endowments to lag indices. People who run their portfolios ain't the sharpest tools in the shed (positively frightening to watch them in meetings where anything remotely exotic is discussed). Schools could save themselves a lot of money and improve returns over the long term by following the philosophy set fort in the article.

 

[dolster24]

There is a reason why the federal government and many states use index funds for their pensions....

 

[acg116]

No news there. Pretty common for the returns on college endowments to lag indices. People who run their portfolios ain't the sharpest tools in the shed (positively frightening to watch them in meetings where anything remotely exotic is discussed). Schools could save themselves a lot of money and improve returns over the long term by following the philosophy set fort in the article.

Works way better when you invest with donors!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/898081002

 

[Op2]

I use index funds for my retirement. They work great. But the question is, what would happen if everybody used index funds? Index funds follow the market as a whole but if everybody bought index funds then index funds would BE the market as a whole. There would be nothing to follow.

 

[Art]

I use index funds for my retirement. They work great. But the question is, what would happen if everybody used index funds? Index funds follow the market as a whole but if everybody bought index funds then index funds would BE the market as a whole. There would be nothing to follow.

Nothing to follow? I'll let you answer your own question. Today, how many different indices are there for which there ETFs and mutual funds? How many will there be tomorrow? A year from now? Five years from now?

 

[Art]

Works way better when you invest with donors!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/898081002

Same guy made what at the time was the largest donation to PSU York. Doubt that it was of the same magnitude as his largesse to his alma mater.