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One of the benefits of tracking industry ETFs is that it helps us answer the question : which industry is the weakest, which is the strongest and what will be our best bet ? Or better still within each industry which combination of stocks will produce the best value for money.

Passive funds are those investment funds modelled to replicate or mirror a market index. Examples include exchange traded funds (ETFs) and unlisted index funds. In their truest sense there is no process of intuitive analysis or management to achieve any performance other than that of the particular market they are designed to reflect. Active management, on the other hand, includes processes designed to attempt outperformance, Alpha, as the market calls it, for the benefit of fund investors. The investment processes used are many and varied.