While the S&P 500 is on track to conclude another stellar year of gains, those who sought to beat the index are poised to finish with a more dubious distinction. According to Lipper, 85% of all active stock mutual fund managers had been trailing their benchmarks through the end of November. In a typical year, there are nearly twice as many managers outperforming, with only around two thirds of funds struggling to catch up. Lipper says this is the worst year for active managers relative to the market in three decades.
“We know the Netherlands and the Dutch from the Srebrenica massacre,” Mr Erdogan said, invoking the most shameful episode in modern Dutch history. “We know how rotten their character is from their massacre of 8,000 Bosnians there.”
《患难与共》(Togetherness)，HBO，1月11日播出。HBO台的周日晚间喜剧组合中已经有了20出头的纽约女人（《都市女孩》[Girls]第四季第一集将在同一天晚上播出），还有快到30岁的旧金山男同性恋（《寻》[Looking]也在当天开播第二季）。现在又来了30多岁的洛杉矶异性恋者们。这部有点阴郁的半小时喜剧来自杰伊(Jay)和马克·杜普拉斯(Mark Duplass)，兄弟俩曾经合拍过《肥大的椅子》(The Puffy Chair)和《纸袋头》(Baghead)等诡异的电影。马克·杜普拉斯和梅兰妮·林斯基(Melanie Lynskey)饰演一对夫妻，和杜普拉斯最好的朋友（史蒂夫·齐西斯[Steve Zissis]饰演）与林斯基的姊妹（阿曼达·皮特[Amanda Peet]饰）合住一栋房子。