Posted by jasonzweig on Sep 13, 2017 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Featured, Posts, Tooting Own Horn, Video |

By Jason Zweig  |  Sept. 13, 2017 9:30 p.m. ET

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I was on Consuelo Mack’s WealthTrack show on public TV earlier this month, alongside Jason DeSena Trennert, head of Strategas Research Partners. We had a lot of fun talking about how index funds have changed the markets and what investors should do about it. Here’s a link to the show: 

SURGING INDEX FUNDS, FEWER PUBLICLY TRADED STOCKS, COMPUTER-DOMINATED TRADING, WHAT’S IT ALL MEAN FOR INVESTORS?

And here’s the video itself:

 

 

For further reading:

Definitions of ACTIVE, INDEX, INDEX FUND, PORTFOLIO MANAGER, SMART MONEY in The Devil’s Financial Dictionary

 

The Market Really Is Different This Time

Are Index Funds Eating the World?

How Dangerous Is a Stock Market of Mindless Robots?

And Now for Something on Index Funds

Index Fund Silliness: Indexing Doesn’t Distort Anything