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Re:Half of US stock fund assets are now invested in index funds by OscarCunningham on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @09:52AM (#20029972)
Where would those returns for active investors come from? They're still playing a zero-sum game amongst themselves.
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Re:Half of US stock fund assets are now invested in index funds by skybrian on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @12:24PM (#20031633)
Seems like it's more complicated than that? Index funds do buy and sell sometimes, as some investors move money into and out of index funds. There are also dividends and stock buybacks.
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