A critique of the claim that passive investing is a bubble

Re:A critique of the claim that passive investing is a bubble by rocqua on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:44PM (#20889596)

Presuming you are saving for later. Besides a margin call, you might want to exit for, buying a house, going into retirement, covering a period between jobs, or to deal with a medical emergency.

Doing that during a crisis hurts. This risk diminishes the value of investments as a safety cushion.

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Re:A critique of the claim that passive investing is a bubble by human20190310 on Thursday September 05, 2019 @05:38PM (#20890861)

Index funds aren’t a safety cushion. Vanguard rates it’s own S&P 500 index fund as a 4 out of 5 for risk. [0]

[0] https://advisors.vanguard.com/iippdf/pdfs/FS540.pdf

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Re:A critique of the claim that passive investing is a bubble by throw0101a on Thursday September 05, 2019 @06:08PM (#20891091)

> Besides a margin call, you might want to exit for, buying a house, going into retirement, covering a period between jobs, or to deal with a medical emergency.

In all of those scenarios you should not be in stocks/equities in the first place. If there is a possibility of needing cash with-in the next 5 years, that money should be in either bonds or term deposits.

One's downpayment, first/next few retirement years' income, and emergency fund(s) should not be in equities.

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