Just 8.2% of large-cap domestic mutual funds outperformed the S&P 500 over the past 20 years. The odds are better over shorter time horizons, but ultimately the index seems to have a clear advantage.

Consider the nearly 3,900 actively managed U.S. equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds tracked by investment researcher Morningstar. In calendar 2024, just 13.2% of these investments beat the S ...

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Because AVUS is an ETF, it's best compared with Vanguard's Total Stock Market Index ETF VTI. In that same period, the cumulative gain for VTI was 91.9%. Although that outperformance by AVUS is far ...

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This page shows the average returns of all the mutual fund categories across different time periods. Click on the period to know which categories are top performers for the selected period.