This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Why passive investing, through index funds, typically features significantly lower expense ratios than active management. - How the low portfolio turnover of index funds leads to greater tax efficiency by minimizing capital gains distributions. - The long-term performance data indicating that a majority of active managers fail to outperform their benchmarks after fees. - Common exam traps, such as focusing on short-term past performance of an active fund instead of the long-term impact of its higher costs. - A mnemonic to recall the core benefits of passive investing: Tracking the index, Tax-efficient, and Tiny fees. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep