Active mutual funds vs index funds vs ETFs: Where can you earn higher returns?

https://img.etimg.com/photo/95706653.cmsAny benchmark index mostly represents the best set of stocks in the category concerned. Any movement in an equity index represents the combined movement in the prices of all the stocks in the index, with reference to their respective weightage. For an active fund to outperform an index, the fund manager must pick fewer stocks within the set of stocks in the index, and these should give a higher return than the index.

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