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    Sensex at all-time high: Why active funds work better than passive funds at this point

    ETFs or index funds are a good way to participate in equity markets. But when valuations at large are running high, cherry-picking of stocks is the way to go forward. And passively-managed funds don’t do that. Of the nearly 4,000 small-cap companies, there are about 150 companies with strong balances sheets. That’s why an active strategy works better.

    Vikas Gupta
    April 24, 2024 / 07:38 IST
    Sensex at all-time high: Why active funds work better than passive funds at this point

    The S&P BSE MidCap index and the S&P BSE SmallCap index have delivered 60 percent returns over the past one-year period.

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