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Nov 2022
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MI237: Are We In an Index Fund Bubble? w...

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

  • 08:42 - How index funds affect the underlying companies’ stock prices.
  • 21:31 - What single-stock ETFs are, what investors should know about these products. 
  • 24:11 - Are inverse ETFs a good way to bet against the market? 
  • 24:11 - The risks of using leveraged ETFs and why they may not perform as you expect. 
  • 29:17 - Why passive indexing is sometimes viewed as “weak hands” or “dumb money”.
  • 36:34 - Are we in a passive indexing bubble? 
  • 48:53 - Eric’s thoughts on Cathie Wood’s criticisms of ETFs calling them a “misallocation of capital”.
  • 50:54 - Is now the worst time to be a passive index investor? 
  • And much, much more!


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