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Personal Finance and Investing

Quixote1818

(30,374 posts) Sun Jul 9, 2023, 05:55 PM Jul 2023

WARNING: The Index Fund Bubble

In short, he doesn't think we should worry.

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WARNING: The Index Fund Bubble (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jul 2023 OP

is he saying False Flag , red herring or such ? Tetrachloride Jul 2023 #1

The worry is that small stocks in the index will be artificially inflated but he points out Quixote1818 Jul 2023 #3

He does talk a lot. And he discovered that after a whole 10... TreasonousBastard Jul 2023 #2

Tetrachloride

(8,447 posts)

1. is he saying False Flag , red herring or such ?

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Jul 9, 2023, 06:09 PM

Jul 2023

Quixote1818

(30,374 posts)

3. The worry is that small stocks in the index will be artificially inflated but he points out

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 9, 2023, 07:39 PM

Jul 2023

that if you look at these stocks individually, they get a boost when they are let into the fund, but then they drop back down to about where they were. So there is no real evidence of them being artificially inflated.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

2. He does talk a lot. And he discovered that after a whole 10...

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Jul 9, 2023, 06:18 PM

Jul 2023

hours of research.

Genius, I tell ya

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