The index revolution: why investors should join it now

Abstract

Over 50 years of learning to index -- My half-century odyssey -- The 10 good reasons to index -- The stock markets of the world have changed extraordinarily -- Indexing outperforms active investing -- Low fees are an important reason to index -- Indexing makes it much easier to focus on your most important investment decisions -- Your taxes are lower when you index -- Indexing saves operational costs -- Indexing makes most investment risks easier to live with -- Indexing avoids "manager risk" -- Indexing helps you avoid costly troubles with Mr Market -- You have much better things to do with your time -- Experts agree most investors should index -- Appendix A: How about "smart beta"? -- Appendix B: How to get started with indexing -- Appendix C: How index funds are managed