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Re:A look behind the scenes at an index fund with Vanguard's... by lintiness on Monday August 15, 2016 @12:35PM (#12291525)
a single company managing that big a share of the available float worries me -- not from some paranoid, political angle, but from an error and risk standpoint.
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Re:A look behind the scenes at an index fund with Vanguard's... by kevindkeogh on Monday August 15, 2016 @12:43PM (#12291572)
there is a lot of market infrastructure and jurisprudence that exists specifically for this problem. Trades can and are canceled as the situation demands[0].

[0] https://www.theice.com/publicdocs/endex/ICE_Endex_Trade_Canc...

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Re:A look behind the scenes at an index fund with Vanguard's... by lintiness on Monday August 15, 2016 @02:48PM (#12292542)
tell that to knight ...
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