Ask A Fool: Do Higher Mutual Fund Fees Mean Higher Returns?

It might seem to make sense that the higher fees associated with actively managed mutual funds would generally correspond with better investment performance. After all, shouldn't a basket of stocks selected by highly paid professionals be able to outperform a passive stock index?However, that's generally not the case. In 2016, for example, just one-third of actively managed large-cap mutual funds beat the S&P 500's performance, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.

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