<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Passive Investing on Chen Kai Blog</title><link>https://www.chenk.top/en/tags/passive-investing/</link><description>Recent content in Passive Investing on Chen Kai Blog</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.chenk.top/en/tags/passive-investing/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Personal Finance (4): Index Funds and ETFs — The Lazy Investor's Edge</title><link>https://www.chenk.top/en/personal-finance/04-index-funds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.chenk.top/en/personal-finance/04-index-funds/</guid><description>&lt;p>I used to think investing meant picking stocks. You research companies, read annual reports, stare at candlestick charts, and somehow divine which ticker is going to double. Then I learned about index funds, and I felt genuinely annoyed that nobody told me sooner. Not annoyed at the concept — it&amp;rsquo;s beautifully simple — but annoyed at myself for spending mental cycles on stock-picking fantasies when the answer was hiding in plain sight.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>