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Anu Ganti joins The Long Term Investor to break down the newest SPIVA U.S. Scorecard and what it says about the long-running active versus index debate. This conversation goes beyond the headline numbers to explore why beating the market remains so difficult, why finding the managers who can keep doing it is even harder, and what investors should understand before choosing any index-based fund.

Listen now and learn:

► What the latest SPIVA U.S. Scorecard revealed about active manager underperformance

► What the Persistence Scorecard says about trying to identify winning managers ahead of time

► How index-based products are being used for both long-term investing and tactical trading

► What investors should know about index methodology before choosing a fund

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