Evidence by blake, elton, and gruber indicates that, on average, actively managed bond funds outperform passive fixed-income indexes underperform passive fixed-income indexes by an amount equal to fund expenses underperform passive fixed-income indexes by a wide margin perform as well as passive fixed-income indexes

The answer is: underperform passive fixed-income indexes by an amount equal to fund expenses

Explanation:

According to Blake, Elton, and Gruber (The Journal of Business, 1993), the only people who benefit from actively managed bond mutual funds are those that work for the mutual funds and not their clients.

They discovered that when the mutual funds increased their fees in 1%, the total performance decreases in 1%.

answer: b) the us is the leading importer but not the leading exporter.

extra info:

the u.s is the largest importer but it is not the largest exporter as china sits on the top of the table when it comes to leading exporters.

but u.s is not far from first,

they rank in 2nd globally as the worlds largest exporter.

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