Episode 8 – Sell Everything!

In Episode 8 of the Rational Reminder podcast we discussed the following:

• Fidelity’s 0% MER index funds are already at $1 billion
• When costs are 0%, how do you pick a fund?
• Indexing is not a passive investment strategy
• Index construction and product implementation > low fees
• A three factor regression on the Manulife Multifactor ETFs
• Indexing is still a tiny part of the market
• Not all factors belong in a portfolio
• Dividend investing shouldn’t be so controversial
• Dividends are not a spending rule
• Financial experts don’t sound like experts to non-experts
• Sell everything!

The stories we talked about:

• Fidelity Zero-Fee Funds Lure About $1 Billion in First Month
• Infographic: Three myths related to indexing
• What Does it Mean to be a Financial Expert?

The charts we talked about:

Image Source: Vanguard