Roughly 71 % of 300 surveyed registered investment advisers in the uk believe active strategies , rather than passive , will be the top performers in 2018 , according to a study by InvestmentNews . Despite passive funds having outperformed their active counterparts on successive market gains , many analysts believe the current bull market ' n't last forever , and that active strategy has a tendency to perform better in down markets . The US stock market returns last year with roughly a 22 % gain and has been up close to 300 % since its low - end in 2009 .
Roughly 71% of 300 surveyed registered investment advisers in the US believe active strategies, rather than passive, will be the top performers in 2018, according to a study by InvestmentNews. Despite passive funds having outperformed their active counterparts on successive market gains, many advisers believe the current bull market can't last forever, and that active management has a tendency to perform better in down markets. The US stock market ended last year with roughly a 22% gain and has been up close to 300% since its low-point in 2009.