Over the past half-decade luxury brands have managed to do what more basic brands have failed to do: have their brands actively perform as surrogates for added value.

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What's more, you can buy index funds that are almost certainly going to perform better than actively managed funds over the long run and cost 95% less.

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On average, such funds will perform better than at least half the higher-cost, actively-managed funds.

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