My financial advisor is pushing managed funds. Are they receiving commissions? I have expressed my belief that managed funds rarely exceed an index due to their high costs. Our FA continues to advocate for them. We have a mix of low Expense Ratio and high Expense Ratio funds in the portfolio they chose for us. Our biggest holdings are in ESGU (Expense ratio: 0.15), IUSG (0.04), PRBLX (0.82), CEYIX (0.65), YLDE (0.60), IUSV…

Selling commissions / personalized digital goods I’m trying to find a solution for an artsy friend. She wants to be able to offer digital downloads on her site. But the issue is that it’s more of a service. Kind of like a fiverr gig I guess? You select from options, pay for the service, and then in a few days get the digital art through a download. I have no idea what to recommend. Doesn’t s…

The Met Commissions an Opera About Abducted Ukrainian Children The work, by the Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets and the American playwright George Brant, is inspired by the accounts of mothers whose children were taken during the war.