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Does "buy the dip" actually work?

"Buy the dip" sounds like smart investing — wait for prices to fall, then pounce. But 60 years of evidence reveals the strategy underperforms passive investing more than 60% of the time. Here's why waiting for the perfect moment costs more than it saves.

Robin Powell

Traders on the New York Stock Exchange floor monitor screens during the tech sell-off, with one holding his head in concern.

Seven things the tech sell-off tells us — and three things it doesn't

The tech sell-off wiped more than $800 billion from software stocks alone. Here are seven lessons evidence-based investors should take from it — and three things it doesn't tell us about what comes next.

Robin Powell

7 days ago9 min read

Abstract representation of market volatility: dramatic geyser eruption with golden steam shooting into starlit sky, symbolising the unpredictable and explosive nature of financial market turbulence that active fund managers struggle to navigate

Do active funds beat the market during volatility? 2025's evidence suggests not

The relationship between active funds and volatility has long been debated, with fund managers claiming turbulent markets play to their strengths. 2025's Trump-driven chaos provided the perfect test case – yet 71% of active equity managers still underperformed passive benchmarks. Despite currency swings, sectoral rotations, and policy uncertainty, the 29% success rate barely budged from 2024's 28.8%. Academic evidence spanning 25 years confirms: volatility doesn't save active

TEBI

Aug 7, 202512 min read

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