Beat An Index Fund: 10 Ways You Can Outperform The Market

10 Ways To Beat An Index

It’s no secret that active investment managers have always struggled to outperform indexes, and this knowledge has sparked an explosion in the demand for low-cost index-tracking products. While this approach does ensure that your returns will be similar to those of the index, it also stops you from beating the market.

If you have the time to conduct detailed investment research yourself, there’s no need to consign yourself to these average returns. Beating the index (whichever one you’re following) is possible, if you’re willing to put in the effort, and this is something Tweedy, Browne recently looked at in one of their investing booklets titled, “10 Ways To Beat An Index:...