From: Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Date: Mon Jun 09 1997 - 01:52:40 MDT
Max More wrote:
> I read an article (in Fortune, I think) that warned investors to be careful
> with index funds based on the Dow or the S&P 500. The writer noted that
> these stocks may be overvalued because index investing has become so
> incredibly popular that these stocks just keep getting pushed up.
Despite their popularity I doubt that the index funds have a significant
effect on the Dow or S&P 500, for the trading volume of the stocks being
indexed is far larger that that of the index funds.
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