309. Hidden risks inside your index funds. Are your funds as passive as you think?
Index funds are often sold on one big idea: diversification. But owning hundreds of companies does not always mean your money is spread as evenly as you think.
Tash and Jack take a closer look at what can sit underneath a seemingly simple ETF. They unpack concentration risk, overlapping funds and the point where a “passive” portfolio can start looking surprisingly active.
In this episode:
📊 Why owning hundreds of companies does not automatically mean your portfolio is evenly diversified
💻 How a small group of large US companies can make up a sizeable part of a market-cap weighted index
🏦 Why…
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