It will never happen: the top five financial anti-predictions for 2023

It will never happen: the top five financial anti-predictions for 2023
Nope, you won't see these changes any time soon, let alone this year. (Image: Getty)
David Chaplin
Active-passive war ends with peace treatyThe decades-long territorial dispute between active investors and index-huggers comes to a sudden halt after representatives from both camps sign a treaty declaring the constant bickering is getting tedious and they’ve forgotten what the original argument was about, anyway.In a 50-page document modelled on the standard short-form fund product disclosure statement, the two parties jointly admit low-cost passive investment works OK sometimes, while active managers are essential for the functioning of...

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