Burned by the Market? Try These 2 Passive Investments Instead

There are two very broad types of investing -- active and passive -- which refer to the way funds are managed. Active management means the portfolio manager actively trades in and out of the portfolio to help the fund beat its benchmarks based on his or her investment criteria or other factors. Over the past decade, passive investments have outperformed active funds, on average, due to the long bull market that ran throughout the 2010s.