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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by pm90 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:35PM (#21940117)
There is a large amount of wealth invested in index funds but that doesn’t mean it’s a bubble. By its definition index funds are amortizing their investments to mitigate risk, this is opposite of a bubble.
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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by toohotatopic on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:01PM (#21940905)
I don't understand what you mean with 'amortize'. Doesn't it mean writing off the value of something? Why would you write off the value of an index fund investment? And how does that mitigate risk?

I guess you mean that they spread their investment among all companies that belong to an index. But that doesn't solve the problem of too much liquidity.

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by ethbro on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:44PM (#21941282)
Depends on the index fund.

Weighting seems surprisingly important, yet almost never mentioned by index proponents.

Especially as their total cap comes to represent a broader proportion of the total market.

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