While it sounds like a telecom equipment company, Active actually provides online registration and management services for things like campgrounds, marathons and organized bike rides.

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Calling style investing with index funds as active management may sound like heresy to some in the index community.

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Instead, these investments would rely more heavily on active management--things like emerging market equity and debt funds, domestic high-yield bonds, small cap equities, real estate and private equity.

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