Why Not All Index Funds Are Created Equal | Common Sense Investing

I frequently talk about Index Funds on Common Sense Investing. With the increasing popularity of index funds, index creation has become big business. There are sector index funds, smart beta index funds, equal weighted index funds, and many others, making it that much more challenging for investors to make sensible investment decisions.

In today's episode of Common Sense Investing, I'm going to tell you why not all index funds are good investments.

I’ll be talking about a lot more common sense investing topics in this series, so subscribe, and click the bell for updates. I’d also love to read your thoughts and questions about this video in the comments.

My previous episodes on Index Funds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlpwTJJEasA&t=4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJoojyOvMg&t=6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssuaVMbRtCo&t=104s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TodW2LEkowI&t=25s

Other References:
Canadian Couch Potato Model ETF portfolios: http://canadiancouchpotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/C
The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns by Eugene Fama & Kenneth French: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1992.tb04398.x/epdf
On Persistence in Mutual Fund Performance by Mark Carhart: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1997.tb03808.x/epdf
The Other Side of Value by Robert Novy-Marx: http://rnm.simon.rochester.edu/research/OSoV.pdf
iShares Multifactor ETFs by Justin Bender: https://www.pwlcapital.com/en/Advisor/Toronto/Toronto-Team/Blog/Justin-Bender/August-2016/New-Multifactor-ETFs-from-iShares
Long Term Capital Budgeting by Yaron Levi and Ivo Welch: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272304393_The_ABC_of_Long-Term_Capital_Budgeting

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