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Animal Spirits: The Dumbest Trade War
Michael Batnick
February 05, 2025
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The Vanguard Effect in a nutshell.. $5T swing from high cost active to low cost passive over past decade. One new wrinkle tho: the very top shows active in ETF format is starting to grab some real flows (thx to being low(er)-cost and in ETF form). Killer chARTwork from @JSeyff
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas)
5:25 PM • Jan 31, 2025
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