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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

waves hands

Corruption.

Fire all the regulators, find some shit to pump, get all your buddies in, have the NASDAQ make special rules for you, then everyone who bought in private sells on open when the index funds have to buy in. Many pensions may be legally forced to buy this shit to satisfy regulations.

It's fucked. Well over 100x revenue multiples at IPO. They just filled their S1.

The market makers are turning index funds into 2008's CDOs.

[–] msage@programming.dev 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Which is insane. CDOs were crazy, but fucking index funds is batshit insane levels of evil. Not just corruption, but all out treason.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, I’ve been a fan of index investing for a while, but have become very sceptical of the sp500, nasdaq 100, etc. as valuations have become more concentrated.

When so few assets make up such a large portion of the index I think it loses its diversification advantages.

[–] entropicdrift 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This is why I use international index funds primarily. Small cap is also a solid hedge

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

I think the US indexes still make up 15% of my portfolio.

[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 15 hours ago

AI is making stocks go up, so your saving can go bye bye