A. Yes. S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) publishes U.S. scorecard that compares actively managed funds' performances and their tracking indices, the results are not good for most actively managed funds:
Share of U.S. stock funds outperformed by their indexes
Fund category In 2014 In Past 3 Years In Past 5 Years In Past 10 Years
All U.S. Stock Funds 87.23% 76.77% 80.82% 76.54%
All Large-cap Funds 86.44% 76.25% 88.65% 82.07%
All Mid-cap Funds 66.23% 70.48% 85.37% 89.71%
All Small-cap Funds 72.92% 80.40% 86.55% 87.75%
Source: Year-End 2014 SPIVA U.S. Scorecard from S&P Dow Jones Indices