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by throw0101a 1694 days ago
> 1. “Random Walk Down Wall Street” to understand index funds and why they generally outperform.

Some of the simple logic/arithmetic behind passive funds versus active funds:

* https://web.stanford.edu/~wfsharpe/art/active/active.htm

The author has an Economics Nobel:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Sharpe

* https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1990/sum...