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Podcast: Portfolio Reset Why Passive Investing Is Anything But Passive

Bloomberg Markets Wednesday 21 October 2026, 04:00 UTC By John Stepek and Merryn Somerset Webb 1 min read
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Merryn Talks Money Why ‘Passive’ Investing Is Anything but Passive Passive investing is designed to track the market. But what happens when it starts to dominate it? Subscribe to Merryn Talks Money on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Merryn Talks Money on Spotify Passive investing was designed to track the market, not shape it.

Merryn Talks Money Why ‘Passive’ Investing Is Anything but Passive Passive investing is designed to track the market. But what happens when it starts to dominate it? Subscribe to Merryn Talks Money on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Merryn Talks Money on Spotify Passive investing was designed to track the market, not shape it. But as Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek explore in the second episode of The Portfolio Reset, the enormous growth of passive investing has changed the market it was built to follow, just as some of the world’s most valuable companies are staying private for longer.
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