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Michael Green - The Impact of Passive Investing on Market Structures

Michael Green, Portfolio Manager, and Chief Strategist at Simplify Season 1 Episode 4

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In this episode, investors get their questions answered by Quidroom user Michael Green, who is renowned for his work in market structure, particularly the growing effects of systematic and passive investing.

Michael Green, Portfolio Manager and Chief Strategist at Simplify, shares how over the past 30 years passive investing has negatively disrupted current market structures and how a future digital US dollar could impact investors and the economy.

  • Why Michael joined Simplify Asset Management, a firm focusing on ETF strategies (1:35)
  • The reasons why passive investing outperforms active investing aren't as clear as it seems (4:32)
  • Why it may become more difficult for active managers to outperform as a result of the growth of price-insensitive investors (8:11)
  • How investors can filter out structural issues prior to investing (11:11)
  • Michael's take on the US dollar in the short-term and the long-term impact investors should consider (17:40)
  • The repercussions of a digital US dollar and its impact on public markets for financial institutions (19:40)
  • The risk of the US dollar devaluing if it doesn't go digital before other currencies (27:30)
  • The dangers of momentum investing (30:45)
  • Michael shares the interesting things happening for investors at Simplify (33:47)
  • And much more!

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