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Re:Index Investing Makes Markets and Economies More Efficien... by peteretep on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @01:50PM (#15286954)
If you can accurately show it's interfering with resource allocation, you can make a huge huge profit by buying under valued stocks, and rebalance the market.
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Re:Index Investing Makes Markets and Economies More Efficien... by Armisael16 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @09:07PM (#15290016)
The market can stay irrational...
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Re:Index Investing Makes Markets and Economies More Efficien... by peteretep on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:54AM (#15293717)
It never needs to get rational to profit off its irrationality. Any company I can buy on the cheap because the market is irrational is all good by me; I still have voting rights and dividends.
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