Important Financial Investment Terms
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Definition of 'Active Management'
Portfolio managers make investment decisions that result in the purchase and sale of securities. The goal of active management is to beat the returns of passive alternatives, usually index funds. Commonly referred to as beating the market. Active management is the opposite of passive management where portfolio managers match the performance of indexes, but don't try to beat their results.