The Irrelevant Investor

The S&P 500 index was trading lower by just 0.12 percent Monday afternoon. Should the market stay relatively calm and quiet, the index will end the trading session within 1 percent of where it started in the morning for the thirtieth straight day. According to The Irrelevant Investor, the lack...

Active and passive investors can agree it is common sense mutual funds that mimic a benchmark and charge a high fee should not exist. According to The Irrelevant Investor, for investors who pay a higher fee for a mutual fund versus an index fund, the mutual fund should sufficiently differentiate...

Investors are cheering the S&P 500’s first new all-time high in more than a year this week, but The Irrelevant Investor’s Michael Batnick is having a difficult time celebrating the occasion. According to Batnick, the recent market moves have made him very uncomfortable. “It...