By Valuentum Analysts

Valuentum's President of Investment Research Brian Nelson, CFA, explains the importance of active stock management for long-term investors. Active stock selection is achievable for individual investors, necessary for advisors to differentiate their practice and achieve client goals in a low-yield environment, and indispensable for pensions and large institutions that have indefinite lives.

MPT is dead, long live active stock management! 

Stocks for the long run.

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Brian Nelson owns shares in SPY, SCHG, QQQ, DIA, VOT, and IWM. Brian Nelson's household owns shares in HON. Some of the other securities written about in this article may be included in Valuentum's simulated newsletter portfolios. Contact Valuentum for more information about its editorial policies.