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Re:Why Index Funds Are Like Subprime CDOs by lutorm on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @09:52PM (#20883201)
But this doesn't seem to have anything to do with index funds. Wouldn't the same thing happen regardless of the way people are invested into the stock market?
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Re:Why Index Funds Are Like Subprime CDOs by notyourday on Thursday September 05, 2019 @01:50PM (#20889158)
It is directly related to the index funds. They are now marketed as the "correct" way of invest into the market where they in fact invest into a very small number of companies creating an artificial wave of the buy orders.

Actively managed funds have choices in what they invest, and how much they put into any of the companies. Index funds do not.

https://www.etf.com/SPY#overview

for an example.

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