Passive houses cost more to build, though the gap to conventional homes is shrinking.

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They view simple, low-cost passive strategies through index funds as bad for their business.

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They are also diehards who believe in a low-cost, passive indexing approach to investing, and that is fine with me.

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There are very few funds that own the market in a low-cost, passive approach that tilt towards the small and value areas of the market, the one example that stands out to have a slightly more aggressive tilt is the DFA Global Equity I (DGEIX).

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We are too dim-witted to understand that taxpayers often seek out tax preparers because they have rental properties and become subject to the Cost Recovery, Passive Loss and At-Risk Rules.

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The consistent message across all groups is that very few people beat the market with any consistency in the long-term, and that passive investing using low-cost index funds is a superior way to manage money.

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For one thing, the "passive" glasses, which are polarized and don't contain electronics and batteries, cost far less than "active shutter" glasses, which were hyped last year.

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