Thursday, June 10, 2010

Tail Wagging the Dog

It used to be that an indexes movements were a function of changes in the underlying stocks.

But the advent of ETFs has changed that dynamic. Now the ETF moves first and it is up to the arbs to equalize constituency components.

I'm not 100% sure what the implications are of this change, but it doesn't sit well with me.

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