Active vs Passive: How to Help Your Kids Invest

About this episode

Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss the active vs passive investing debate and its implications for personal finance.

On this week's Merryn Talks Money personal finance episode, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer an interesting listener question surrounding the active vs passive debate. The pair look at financial data spanning the past 40 years to help a listener understand the pros and cons of active vs passive investing and why passive investing isn't truly passive.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Merryn Somerset Webb

Guest: John Stepek

Topics covered

• active investing
• passive investing
• personal finance
• financial data
• investment strategies

Keywords

• active investing
• passive investing
• financial data
• investment strategies
• personal finance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloomberg

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