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I don't like it. It suffers from the same problems, but just window dresses them. There's no way to make that team financially culpable without charging fees re
by kolbe 10y ago
I don't like it. It suffers from the same problems, but just window dresses them. There's no way to make that team financially culpable without charging fees related to the results, and those fees are largely what people are trying to avoid when using these low lost index funds. And those fees need to be very sizable to be consistent with the value of the decisions they're making.
I think a better approach would be to pass through voting to the owners, but given that most shareholders don't know enough for their vote to be more than a random guess, that wouldn't much solve the problem, either. But at least the people who are affected by the decisions being made are the ones making the decisions.
- jessriedel 10y ago> without charging fees related to the results, I don't understand why that would be the case. Just charge a flat fee for the fund and distribute proportionally to the teams whose companies do best. It sounds impossible to satisfy your desiderata with unsophisticated investors. They will have to delegate the task of assessing board decisions to someone.