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Europe's ETF Boom Hides a Liquidity Risk
European equity ETFs have been on a tear, with the VGK up over 3% in the last five days alone. But beneath the surface, a structural shift is happening: the underlying stocks are becoming less liquid as passive funds buy more of the free float. In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack how the rise of ETFs in Europe could be amplifying market moves, using the surge in VGK and EZU as a case study. They discuss what happens when investors pile into the same instruments, the feedback loop between ETF flows and stock volatility, and why the ECB's liquidity operations may not be enough to…
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