query: If it's so hard to beat the market, why do banks invest billions in active portfolio management (and why do they have any customers?)
positive_passages.docid: 91960
positive_passages.text: If low-cost index funds are considered the best investment, why are there so many high-cost, managed funds?
negative_passages.docid: 105189
negative_passages.text: Does the stock market create any sort of value?
negative_passages.docid: 145075
negative_passages.text: Is there any reason to diversify your investments across accounts at multiple/different brokers?
negative_passages.docid: 76111
negative_passages.text: Why would a bank refuse to open a bank account?
negative_passages.docid: 20393
negative_passages.text: Would depositing large cash amounts cause problems?
negative_passages.docid: 46002
negative_passages.text: HSA - Continue to Invest?
negative_passages.docid: 22041
negative_passages.text: Why do banks want you to pay off interest before principal?
negative_passages.docid: 66688
negative_passages.text: How does end-of-year interact with mutual fund prices (if it does)?
negative_passages.docid: 11283
negative_passages.text: Why don't banks give access to all your transaction activity?
negative_passages.docid: 103153
negative_passages.text: Why do credit card companies keep advertising balance transfers to those who don't carry a balance?
negative_passages.docid: 138509
negative_passages.text: Why would someone buy a way out-of-the-money call option that's expiring soon?
negative_passages.docid: 46890
negative_passages.text: Why do card processing companies discourage "cash advance" activities
negative_passages.docid: 35599
negative_passages.text: Does investing in a company support it?
negative_passages.docid: 144462
negative_passages.text: What is a portfolio, and what should it consist of?
negative_passages.docid: 116441
negative_passages.text: Why and why would/wouldn't a company split their stock?
negative_passages.docid: 141590
negative_passages.text: How can I tell if an ETF is expensive?
negative_passages.docid: 35333
negative_passages.text: If a stock doesn't pay dividends, then why is the stock worth anything?