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Passive Flows, Active Consequences: How ETF Demand Moves Markets explores how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and passive investing transformed modern financial markets from systems driven primarily by human judgment into ecosystems increasingly shaped by automated capital flows. The book explains how ETFs democratized investing by lowering costs, expanding access, simplifying diversification, and enabling millions of ordinary investors to participate in global markets. It examines the mechanics behind passive investing, including market-cap weighting, ETF arbitrage, liquidity creation, and the rise of index-based investing. The book also explores how passive inflows influence price discovery, concentration risk, volatility, and market behavior, particularly as mega-cap technology companies dominate indexes and attract ever-larger allocations through self-reinforcing feedback loops.

The book analyzes the structural consequences of ETF dominance across markets, corporations, and investor psychology. It explains how passive investing reshaped price discovery, increased correlations between assets, amplified momentum, and altered the behavior of both retail and institutional investors. The rise of thematic ETFs, AI-driven investing, and algorithmic trading accelerated reflexive market dynamics where flows increasingly drive prices, narratives, and investor sentiment. The book also examines how ETFs performed during major crises-including the Flash Crash, the 2020 pandemic panic, and bond market liquidity disruptions-revealing both the strengths and vulnerabilities of modern passive systems. It explores the impact of passive ownership on corporate governance, executive incentives, stock buybacks, and the concentration of power among a handful of dominant asset managers.

Ultimately, the book argues that passive investing changed far more than portfolio construction-it transformed the structure of capitalism itself. Financial markets now depend heavily on automated flows, retirement systems, central bank policy, and institutional ownership concentration. While ETFs delivered enormous benefits through efficiency, accessibility, and low-cost investing, they also introduced new systemic risks involving liquidity, concentration, fragility, and reduced active price discovery. The book concludes that the future of capitalism may depend on maintaining a balance between passive efficiency and active market discipline as artificial intelligence, algorithmic systems, and increasingly automated financial ecosystems continue reshaping global markets.

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• Plný název: Passive Flows, Active Consequences
• Podnázev: How ETF Demand Moves Markets
• Autor: Tony Hicks
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 322
• EAN: 9798195808105
• ID: 52370106
• Nakladatelství: Independently published
• Hmotnost: 376 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 17 mm
• Datum vydání: 06. May 2026

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