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Re:Why Index Funds Are Like Subprime CDOs by danw1979 on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:43AM (#20896058)
> It wasn't just a "psychological overreaction" but real fear and panic as those same investors were trying to squeeze through the same exit door as everyone else.

Panic is quite literally a psychological overreaction.

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Re:Why Index Funds Are Like Subprime CDOs by bb88 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:58AM (#20902074)
So if only people had acted rationally while they were losing billions of money, things would have been okay?
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