No. But in a way, maybe!
Category: ETF
And Now, A Hot Take Rant On ETFs And Liquidity…
Imagine that, right?
Why We’re ‘More Vulnerable Now’: Modern Market Structure Meets Low ‘Ammo’
Fragility and a lack of policy breathing room.
Adam Schwartz And His ‘Black Bear’ Tilt At Credit ETF Windmill With Bet On Epic Implosion
The bottom line here is that while a big part of me is rooting for the guy, the odds are most assuredly not in Adam Schwartz’s favor.
Here’s How ‘Investors’ Used ‘Passive’ ETFs During This Week’s Nasdaq Crash
Maybe it’s just me. Which is fine.
One Bank’s Quants Think They’ve Found The Key To Outsmarting ETFs
“We conjecture that market participants do not realize that passive investors are buying or selling securities.”
Did January 2018 Mark ‘Peak Retail Investors’?
Ahhh, retail investors.
Goldman: Passive Funds Appear To Be The ‘Primary Source Of Recent Volatility’
Proponents of passive investing are going to keep insisting that the epochal active-to-passive shift isn’t dangerous or otherwise prone to destabilizing markets. They’re going to take that narrative to the grave apparently.
Crazed Investors Panic-Sell Nasdaq ETF Days After Panic-Buying Same ETF
Boy, you morons are a fickle bunch, I’ll tell you what.
BIS: Passive Bond Funds May Pose Threat To Financial Stability
“Unlike active investors, they cannot express their disagreement with the decisions of individual issuers by selling their holdings.”
High Yield ETF Shell Game On Full Display
Ok, dammit….
ETF Hot Potato! Investors Were Highly ‘Active’ In ‘Passive’ During Selloff
Well damn. That moved from “early-stage” to “advanced” de-risking pretty goddamn quickly, didn’t it?
Fidelity Literally Bans Retail Investors From The Short Vol. Trade Because Morons.
“Better late than never.”
‘Air Pockets’ And Risk Hiding In Plain Sight
I’m just guessing, but…
Epsilon Theory’s Latest: Wall Street’s Merry Pranks
“But for a universe of individual investors (and rather distressingly, probably some institutional investors, too), the message of empowerment is anything but. It’s a nudge into terrible portfolios, terrible costs and terrible outcomes. But hey, at least they got religion and implemented those terrible, far-too-actively-traded portfolios with ETFs!”
Jack Bogle Says Trading FANG Index Futures Makes A Lot Of Sense If You Like Being A ‘Crazy Loser’
“If you want to do such a crazy thing, it certainly makes it easy to do.”
When Will Expertise Matter Again? Spoiler Alert: During A Bear Market
“Should the markets begin to reverse, however, investor goals will turn to capital preservation and limiting losses.”
How Passive Flows Are Distorting Liquidity And Influencing Intraday Trading
“In addition, we hear things like… I don’t want to leave a footprint across the day for some High Frequency sniffing algo.”
‘Passive Is The New QE!’: One Bank Admits We’ve Entered A ‘Black Hole’
“…which have morphed into a type of Black Hole. Money goes in and stocks never come out (as least for now).”
One Bank Warns: ‘Something’s Gotta Give’
“Just because concerns about market complacency this year proved to be wrong, it does not mean that they are not justified today, particularly as markets are even more bullish.”
Two Things: Buybacks And ETFs
Show of hands: who’s surprised?
Passive Should Never Laugh At Active
“When I see a passive manager making fun of a fundamental investor, I am perplexed. The passive manager’s very existence relies on fundamental investors keeping markets efficient.”
BlackRock Won’t Touch Bitcoin, But They’ll Gladly Sell You An ETF Nightmare
“…to all the Bitcoin fans and crypto-crazies out there, I’ve got good news: I’m siding with you on this one.”
While Vanguard Is Having An ‘Identity Crisis’, I Just Want To Know If I’m ‘Passively’ Or ‘Actively’ Long Jesus
“Are they active or passive?”
Revisiting The ‘Long Jesus’ ETF Craze
I’ll say one thing for them: they’ve got a lot of balls.Â
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