Läste en äldre artikel (september 2019 -Burry: Passive Funds Threaten the Economy) häromdagen där Michael Burry är väldig skeptisk till passiv investering i stora passiva indexer - tänkte det var ett intressant tema nu vi till stor del är ett "passiv investeringsforum
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"Dr. Burry says so much money being automatically fed into companies through passive investing is dangerous. Here are a few highlights from a recent interview with Bloomberg News…
One of [Burry’s] most provocative views from a lengthy email interview with Bloomberg News on Tuesday: The recent flood of money into index funds has parallels with the pre-2008 bubble in collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), the complex securities that almost destroyed the global financial system.
Burry, who made a fortune betting against CDOs before the crisis, said index fund inflows are now distorting prices for stocks and bonds in much the same way that CDO purchases did for subprime mortgages more than a decade ago. The flows will reverse at some point, he said, and “it will be ugly” when they do.
Burry highlights that many of the companies in these indexes don’t have much trading volume. This could be a big problem during any sustained market sell-off, as investors rush for the door. Here’s another quote from Burry from the same Bloomberg article…
In the Russell 2000 Index, for instance, the vast majority of stocks are lower volume, lower value-traded stocks. Today I counted 1,049 stocks that traded less than $5 million in value during the day.
Burry continues his assault on index investing, which he calls “herding behavior.”
Trillions of dollars in assets globally are indexed to these stocks. The theater keeps getting more crowded, but the exit door is the same as it always was. All this gets worse as you get into even less liquid equity and bond markets globally.
Vad tänker ni andra kring detta - finns där hög risk att passiva fonder kommer imploderar när alla vill sälja aktier i underläggande aktiver som inte har “nog” volumen/value? -
(Är väl primärt det som är hans bekymmer om jag har förstått det rätt. - alla vill sälja men ingen vill köpa och grundet de stora passiva värden kommer det få en hävstångseffekt)