If managers find a diamond in the rough, good research pays off.

It's the magnitude of changes people are concerned about. If the Fed decides to tighten more aggressively, both in time frame and in magnitude, that could put a strain on the market as a whole.

They are the people who have the ability to do asset allocation and diversify for us.

This is an area where people can look for current income, especially when they're in the upper tax brackets.

The tax drag is just a really big issue. People just don't have it on their radar screen yet and they really should.

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People are saying, 'Okay, I'm ready to go play in the equity markets again.

Next year, I think the average equity fund will lose 1.5 (percentage points) of its return to taxes. If you don't like investing in funds that have an above-average expense ratio, I'm not sure why you'd want a fund with an above-average tax burden, at least not for an account where taxes are going to matter.