3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
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3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162- ... k-market/?
This was actually supposed to be the first in series but they posted them out of order.
If it's not rising correlations it's something else that becomes the excuse like if there wasn't a Japanese earthquake, if there wasn't an oil spill, if only blah, blah, blah
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This was actually supposed to be the first in series but they posted them out of order.
If it's not rising correlations it's something else that becomes the excuse like if there wasn't a Japanese earthquake, if there wasn't an oil spill, if only blah, blah, blah
Best wishes
Larry
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Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
Didn't read it yet, but Blackrock doesn't think too highly of Vanguard undercutting them on expenses.
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Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
When you have a commodity, like an index fund, it's all about price
Have to find way to add value or the assets go to the lowest price
Larry
Have to find way to add value or the assets go to the lowest price
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Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
" Active managers will have to come up with another lame excuse for their persistent failure, as this dog won't hunt."
What a great line. Thanks Larry. Good read.
What a great line. Thanks Larry. Good read.
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Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
Thanks for the article. This has been something on my mind recently. Your data does seem pretty convincing. But, I wonder if Bogleheads were to convince everyone to buy index funds, who would then be setting the price of individual stocks?
Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
In reality it would never happen. You'd end up with a sort of equilibrium, because as the market became more and more filled with Indexers, at a certain point, market efficiency would start to suffer. This would, in turn, encourage some additional people to go active to capture these inefficiencies (the so-called '$100 dollar bills' floating around) and in so doing, help restore market efficiency.Ryan_in_Chi wrote:... if Bogleheads were to convince everyone to buy index funds, who would then be setting the price of individual stocks?
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Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
Which is why it's funny to hear active investors complain that indexing makes active investing more difficult. What it really does is make it more difficult by comparison.gordo wrote:In reality it would never happen. You'd end up with a sort of equilibrium, because as the market became more and more filled with Indexers, at a certain point, market efficiency would start to suffer. This would, in turn, encourage some additional people to go active to capture these inefficiencies (the so-called '$100 dollar bills' floating around) and in so doing, help restore market efficiency.Ryan_in_Chi wrote:... if Bogleheads were to convince everyone to buy index funds, who would then be setting the price of individual stocks?
Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
Its like worrying that in Las Vegas gambling will stop, if you convince them its a losing proposition.Ryan_in_Chi wrote:Thanks for the article. This has been something on my mind recently. Your data does seem pretty convincing. But, I wonder if Bogleheads were to convince everyone to buy index funds, who would then be setting the price of individual stocks?
1)you will not convince them, they will think in their guts that after all the comps, they break even, or pay very little, and in their heart of hearts, feel they win, or the big win is around the corner.
2)even if you rationally convinced them on some level, they would do it anyway.
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Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
Yes, I know it would never happen. It is a theoretical question. But I still think it is a valid question. You're answers are interesting, because my second question In that I didn't post was, if MOST people index and the only people left trading are Traders, how are the prices getting set?
Are prices when only traders are left in the market about fundamentals or is it a Las Vegas game of Texas Hold'em where the stocks prices are just a bunch of traders trying to out bluff each other. Though I don't have a long enough perspective, but I often feel like that is where we're at now.
Are prices when only traders are left in the market about fundamentals or is it a Las Vegas game of Texas Hold'em where the stocks prices are just a bunch of traders trying to out bluff each other. Though I don't have a long enough perspective, but I often feel like that is where we're at now.
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Re: 3rd in series on how indexing is ruining the market
Ryan
if you are interested in the question I address it in my book Wise Investing Made Simple--answering the question what if everyone indexed, Tale 21
Larry
if you are interested in the question I address it in my book Wise Investing Made Simple--answering the question what if everyone indexed, Tale 21
Larry