The article fails on its base premise
by orangejubilee (2018-12-11 08:56:03)

In reply to: Are index funds bad for the economy?  posted by SEE


From the article: "Of course, we know that active managers and their armies of analysts don’t always get it right. But without their work, securities are much more likely to be mispriced. That’s because active managers are better at valuation analysis than the mom and pop investors in index funds." (emphasis mine)

If the bolded part were true, wouldn't active managers have returns greater than the market index? By any definition of "mispriced securities" such knowledge should lead to outsized gains. The fact it hasn't shows this premise to be false.

50% of analysts overpricing something and 50% underpricing something doesn't add anything to efficient capital allocation, except fees.