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Motley Fool Money · Saturday, July 11, 2026

Passive Investing Philosophy: Holding Through Disliked Stocks

The podcast hosts discussed the nature of passive investing, explaining that it requires holding stocks within an index regardless of personal preference. Andrew highlighted that this strategy, while often successful, can force investors to hold companies they dislike, such as banks in the Australian market.

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I'm not picking stocks just give me the biggest stocks market weighted average market weighted on the index in the same proportion that that's the strategy
And and it's it's a tough strategy because it it requires you to hold things that you don't like
so I'm holding the banks and I hate them
Heard on Motley Fool Money — “Mailbag, incl: Housing security or financial security? July 12, 2026, published Saturday, July 11, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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