Passive & quantitative investing has grown exponentially over the years and is now responsible for trillions of dollars of investors’ capital. How has this affected the world of active money-management, and what does the rise of passive investing mean for the investment world overall? Well, it turns out that renown Financial Times Global Finance correspondent, Robin Wigglesworth, has a great new book out about passive investing called ‘Trillions’, and I couldn’t resist the temptation to invite him on to the show to talk about the book, and other subjects related to investing and trading. Enjoy this conversation as we cover how the financial crisis of 2008 affected investors' relationship to the markets, the innovators behind the rise of passive investing, Tesla’s entry into the S&P 500, and Robin’s thoughts on Trend Following strategies.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

How journalism and financial media has changed in the last 15 years
Why the rise of passive investing plays such an important part of the history of finance
The big players behind the rise of passive investing
The first index fund
The rise of BlackRock
The merits of passive and active investing
How investors might react to a prolonged bear market
The benefits of quantitative investing strategies
Why systematic investing is often criticised so heavily
Some of Robins’ thoughts on Trend Following

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TTU118: TRILLIONS...The Passive Revolution ft. Robin Wigglesworth

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