Episode 177: Passive Index Funds, Foolish Consistencies, ZROZ And A Couple Marketing Fads

In this episode we answer emails from Andrew, Visitor #4691, Nate, and MyContactInfo. We discuss the new-age-old question about passive indexing and market efficiency, the intersection between the ideas of Max Planck and Ralph Waldo Emerson and how it applies to the development of ideas in portfolio construction, using ZROZ to tax-loss harvest TLT and observations about the promotion by the financial services industry of direct indexing and tax loss harvesting services. Links: Max Pla...