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I agree with this as a principal. There was even some good commentary a while ago when an article about all the money flowing into Vanguard https://news.ycombin
by xemdetia 9y ago
I agree with this as a principal. There was even some good commentary a while ago when an article about all the money flowing into Vanguard https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14145308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14145308. A market with no active players defeats the efficient market idea. There should be some sort inflection point where the index fund critical mass is, but I don't think we've had this sort of situation in a modern economy before.
- kolbe 9y agoA market with no knowledgeable and empowered corporate governors also causes distortions. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2992046 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2992046