Warnings that index funds have broken the stock market all imply a threshold: a share of the market at which price discovery fails. Nobody making the argument names it. Owen Lamont, writing in the Financial Analysts Journal, argues that no such number exists short of complete passive ownership, and that what actually determines whether prices stay informative is who is left doing the trading. His case, the strongest peer-reviewed research against it, and what the performance
Research analysing 374,351 US charities reveals shocking endowment investment performance failures that destroy billions in donor funds. Even sophisticated institutions with professional management consistently underperform simple index portfolios through excessive fees and poor decisions. The study exposes critical lessons for charity trustees worldwide who must maximise every dollar for their missions, and individual investors seeking to avoid the same costly mistakes.
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Aug 20, 202510 min read
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