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> [Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny should take a few pointers from the mutual-fund industry. All three are trying to pull off elaborate hoaxes. But while Santa and the bunny suffer the derision of eight year olds everywhere, actively-managed stock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/santa-claus-and-the-easter-bunny-should-take-a-few-pointers-from-the/)

[Jonathan Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-clements/)

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## Other authors on Fund Industry

## More by Jonathan Clements

> [Most investors are pretty smart. Yet most investors also remain heavily invested in actively managed stock funds. This is puzzling. The temptation, of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/most-investors-are-pretty-smart-yet-most-investors-also-remain/)

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> [Why are people who are appalled at insider trading so quick to trade on inside information when it comes their way?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/why-are-people-who-are-appalled-at-insider-trading-so-quick-to-trade/)

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> [“In what appears to have been an unplanned quip, Wilberforce asked Huxley if he thought he was descended from an ape on his father's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/in-what-appears-to-have-been-an-unplanned-quip-wilberforce-asked/)

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> [Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it to the fullest, but not so fully that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/retirement-is-like-a-long-vacation-in-las-vegas-the-goal-is-to-enjoy/)

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> [“Natural science in England, as Darwin already knew to his cost, was still the purview of Christian scholars. But here was a question that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/natural-science-in-england-as-darwin-already-knew-to-his-cost-was/)

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> [I am a huge, huge, huge fan of index funds. They are the investor’s best friend and Wall Street’s worst nightmare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/i-am-a-huge-huge-huge-fan-of-index-funds-they-are-the-investor-s-best/)

[Jonathan Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-clements/)

> [Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny should take a few pointers from the mutual-fund industry. All three are trying to pull off elaborate hoaxes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/santa-claus-and-the-easter-bunny-should-take-a-few-pointers-from-the/)

[Jonathan Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-clements/)

> [What to do when the market goes down? Read the opinions of the investment gurus who are quoted in the WSJ. And, as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/what-to-do-when-the-market-goes-down-read-the-opinions-of-the/)

[Jonathan Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-clements/)

> [If you want to see the greatest threat to your financial future, go home and take a look in the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/if-you-want-to-see-the-greatest-threat-to-your-financial-future-go/)

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> [In the Modern Age, there are still those who refuse to contradict a single word of the Bible, even though the Bible contradicts itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/in-the-modern-age-there-are-still-those-who-refuse-to-contradict-a/)

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> [It's one of the ironies of investing. The rich can afford to take risks, but they don't need to. The poor need to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/it-s-one-of-the-ironies-of-investing-the-rich-can-afford-to-take/)

[Jonathan Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-clements/)

> [“He would joke that “stock-market forecasters exist to make astrologers look good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/he-would-joke-that-stock-market-forecasters-exist-to-make-astrologers/)

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> [In 1867, George Campbell, Duke of Argyll, had published The Reign of Law, a book that Darwin found deeply annoying. A supporter of Richard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/in-1867-george-campbell-duke-of-argyll-had-published-the-reign-of-law/)

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> [“Thomas Wollaston, in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, complained that Darwin did no seem to know what a species actually was. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-clements/thomas-wollaston-in-the-annals-and-magazine-of-natural-history/)

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