When you hear stats like the S&P 500 is up 10% for the year or the index has more than tripled off the 2009 low, it’s easy to take those…
Tag: Market Trends
Are Flows Into The S&P 500 And Other Major Market Indices Distorting The Market? (Ep. 51)
There is little disagreement among market observers that passive investing is growing. There is also little dispute that the trend is likely to continue as a result of the rise…
If Everyone Buys a Boutique Asset Manager, There Goes the Alpha
Asset managers are “increasingly on the hunt for independent boutiques” in the search for alpha and to differentiate themselves “with actively managed strategies that can’t be easily replicated.” The problem,…
Suburban Subdivision of Wall Street Packed with Renters
Amid pandemic-induced demand for larger living spaces, Institutional investors are channeling money into single-family rentals and “inventing a new kind of suburban living that’s easier to afford, but where the…
U.S. Stock Market Reshaped by Individual-Investor Boom
New data shows that the individual-trading boom—a byproduct of increased time at home due to the pandemic along with free trading apps and a resurgent bull market—has “reshaped the U.S.…