Aside from being diversified, index funds carry the added benefit of having low fees since they're passively managed, which means they don't rely on a person to research and select stocks.

除了多元化外，指数基金还具有低费用的好处，因为他们是被动式管理，这意味着它们不依赖于人来研究和选择股票。

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At my request, Lipper looked at the returns of actively and passively managed emerging market funds and found that the indexes are handily beating the managers.

在我的要求之下，Lipper查看了积极管理型和被动管理型新兴市场基金的回报率，然后发现指数轻松地就把基金管理人打败。

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All funds are split over indexes that have passively managed mutual funds or exchange-traded funds that can be used to build a comparable portfolio at a low-cost to the investor.

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If you are impacted by the new law and hold mutual funds invested in actively managed equities you may wish to liquidate these and reinvest in a passively managed diverse funds such as those offered by Dimensional Fund Advisor (DFA).

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The firm also recommended low-cost passively managed index funds from Vanguard.

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