Should We Be Worried About Global Index Funds?

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I have seen a rise in articles and news publications claiming that global funds are under threat and that investors could be at risk. Today, let's look at whether this has any merit.
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00:00 - Growing concern
01:13 - How we got here
03:20 - They will fail
05:10 - Past dominance
09:00 - Equal weight
10:35 - The rest of the world
11:50 - Tech rising
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@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

For more info on what I discuss at the end please email Will@damientalksmoney.com

@gavinwelsh4534 3 ай бұрын

Hi mate Great idea re providing advice to employees and employers of businesses but may I ask what makes you qualified to give this advice?

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

@@gavinwelsh4534 Great question. The FCA's definition of guidance covers such activities (I have linked the full details below if you wish to read them). We are also partnered with financial advisors who attend in-person sessions and provide support to employees but, crucially, are not there trying to get everyone to invest in their funds. Which is the motivation of most advisors when they enter workplaces. Our focus is on education in the same way this channel is. www.fca.org.uk/publication/research/fawg-consumer-explanations-advice-guidance.pdf

@gavinwelsh4534 3 ай бұрын

I’m an IFA myself, so that’s why I asked. There is a massive gap in terms of auto enrolment and employees and employers been informed

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

@@gavinwelsh4534I thought you might be and again thank you for asking the question because it’s an important one and honestly it’s something I have pondered IFAs do amazing work; I see them as a key part of making this work. I’m not looking to replace them But I want to remove the AUM incentive and focus on education. That way, we can make sure staff get a base-level understanding of things like their pension and also provide access to IFAs for more complicated or specific advice. My main aim is to bring as many people as possible up to the level where they can confidently say they understand what their pension does and why they are in the funds they are, as well as the other basic but essentially personal finance areas that are often lacking.

@gavinwelsh4534 3 ай бұрын

@@DamienTalksMoney I think the solution is for companies to pay for the IFAs time to provide such educational seminars. The problem is that smaller pots on an individual basis are not commercially viable. It’s a ticking time bomb the lack of money being saved in general.

@laz2452 2 ай бұрын

The "high concentration" in the index doesn't really increase risk even if all the top companies were in the same sector. You hold the index long term, but the index doesn't hold companies long term. If some change happens in the future that means a lot of these big companies become irrelevant, then the index will start to sell them off and it will start buying the new companies that people will use instead.

@aa-lz1oc 3 ай бұрын

These big companies will fail… for something else. The indexes are self regulating, the composition changes over time but they still capture the growth of any future winners. Short term we may see a big correction but in the long run the market will be larger. Stress less, invest more. Quoting Dory from Nemo: “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming”.

@bigboldbicycle 3 ай бұрын

Dory is a great metaphor for passive investing. Don't need to be very smart or have a good memory, just keep swimming and you'll beat the rest of the sea life to your goal.

@__Rum-Ham__ 3 ай бұрын

Nice one Damo, I was afraid you were going to give me a genuinely compelling reason to stop investing in global index ETFs. Thankfully not 😂

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

Never going to happen mate.

@bretthasbrouck9808 3 ай бұрын

What? Now I gotta finish watching

@davem.4003 3 ай бұрын

@@DamienTalksMoneyNever say never! Despite the fact that I agree with you - it does seem extremely unlikely but it's always possible, for example one of the main focus areas for AI must be in trading and investing, so if someone creates a better solution, everyone will flock to it

@MrDuncl 3 ай бұрын

Presumably index funds will have been selling Tesla as the stock goes down. In my experience picking promising shares and watching them rise is easy. Knowing when to reduce your holding is the difficult part. I wonder how many people with Tesla stock are now increasing their holdings saying "It will soon be back to an all time high".

@johnristheanswer 3 ай бұрын

@MrDuncl " easy " . OK.

@brettsta72 3 ай бұрын

Mate. Amazing. Bang on form.

@TheRealMerl 3 ай бұрын

When I was watching this absolute masterpiece I thought I'd have questions, but now I have only one: Why on earth do you have so many remotes Damo?!

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

Honestly I just walked around my house once and I found all those…

@TheRealMerl 3 ай бұрын

@@DamienTalksMoney So none of these live permanently in a random drawer? 🤣 That's mad! Great video man, thanks a lot!

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

@@TheRealMerl there was defo some random draw action

@RajaseelanGaneswaran 3 ай бұрын

The answers here must be remotely true 😂😂😂😂

@NightshadeGengar 3 ай бұрын

I'm almost 29 and I've just started to learn about investing. Your videos have been an amazing help! Thank you Damien!

@madma11 3 ай бұрын

Never too late to start!

@paulkelly6726 3 ай бұрын

Same here at 44, though mate. Let's go 👍🙏👊

@sufiyan.9535 2 ай бұрын

Same. 29 myself.

@harrysahota4072 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. I've been thinking about this exact issue for a while now, and I'm glad you've explained it so eloquently!

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@tehillaobanor2540 3 ай бұрын

Really needed to hear this

@infour44 3 ай бұрын

on form! good luck with the venture too.

@FutureInvestmentsBullion 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant video. Love your well researched info! Thankyou.

@bjeorfffurghinson5809 3 ай бұрын

Noticed an uptick in editing lately in your vids. Enjoying it mate! PS love the ABBA reference

@davejones6891 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Damo. Informative as ever!

@alf_lim 3 ай бұрын

As always mate. Thank you for your insights. Well done with the charts 📈

@Louster3456 3 ай бұрын

This was a brilliant video and your points made were a great antithesis to the article. Thank you!

@AshJun17 3 ай бұрын

Production values on these videos have gone up quite a few notches. Great content and great presentation. 👌

@DanRobards 3 ай бұрын

Was about to say the same. Banger of a video.

@lukeh5831 3 ай бұрын

So interesting thank you for sharing!

@garygodwin528 3 ай бұрын

Top video Damo, very thoughtful with real data and clear explanations. Thank you!!

@jeroenkoppert688 2 ай бұрын

thanks Damien, learned from that. great work

@jacc88888 3 ай бұрын

This was not boring! Fascinating and great insights.

@WanderlusttheWorld 3 ай бұрын

I predict with inaccuracy, the next biggest sector will be healthcare, medical devices, medical tech, biotech, pharma, health big data, health AI.

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

I think you could be right here around medical devices and bio tech.

@user-el2dn4zz3d 3 ай бұрын

Yep, I was thinking exactly the same healthcare and biotech aided by AI will boom. But that’s the beauty of an index fund. These players are already in the mix. Thermo and Waters provide equipment for these industries and look where they are in the S&P 😉

@MrDuncl 3 ай бұрын

But which company will benefit the most? Maybe the Apple Watch series 17 will achieve what Theranos was attempting.

@beepboopbeepp 3 ай бұрын

Healthcare is so slow though, but when it finally gets results like novo nordisk it’s huge.

@davidlguerr 2 ай бұрын

You're just trying to beat the market, betting for specific sectors.

@stevecornell5596 3 ай бұрын

Seriously impressive video: deep and considered technical market analysis put across in a clear and down to earth manner. That’s skilled work

@murrayleach3456 3 ай бұрын

Very informative and well presented - thank you.

@7thlady 3 ай бұрын

"I need to get out more" crack after throwing up a "fantastic chart?" Genius. I feel you, my friend.

@ashtonmasher 2 ай бұрын

Great summary and analysis. 👍

@Life_Literacy 2 ай бұрын

Cracking video fella. A really great to see how your business is growing… really nice touch 👍🏻

@DC-yj5nj 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your rational review amongst all this noise. Feels like everyone has an agenda and sometimes you need someone to cut through the noise to provide balance. Very well thought out and delivered.

@masoncnc 3 ай бұрын

Great perspective. Watch to the end!;;!;!

@darrenorr3816 Ай бұрын

Another great vid, pitched at exactly the right level of understanding

@juliegovier6570 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Damien. Honest, concise, informative, unbiased...with a dash of humour... Love it.

@John-ty3sf 3 ай бұрын

Interesting video… most of my investments are in S&P 500 and global index funds.. but also I am taking a punt on Ai and next tax year on Riets also

@kingstun8118 3 ай бұрын

Dont usually 'like' videos, but the creative advert at the end was the cherry on the cake for me. Great video!

@sambrook3036 3 ай бұрын

If you like creative adverts at the end you should look up map men.

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching all the way to the end and then taking the time to like and leave a comment. Comments like this are the exact reason I try to get a little creative sometimes

@soycowdoy 2 ай бұрын

Nice plug at the end

@Waddywoos360 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video Damien, I had been wondering about this recently. Can sleep easier about my pension now!

@MrHotrod79 3 ай бұрын

Excellent content as ever, thank you!

@NimbleJesus 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic video! Your mastery of oration makes these videos so enjoyable to watch!

@chrisyates2591 2 ай бұрын

You are Amazing! For 50 years I was a teacher. For 40 of them at the Institute of Education, University of London. I worked in international distance learning. You and Ramin and no doubt some other genuine FinTech KZfaqrs are changing this world for the better as 21st century educators. You are the pioneer teachers of this new wonderful, dynamic and dangerous century. There is one bit of knowledge that counts for more than all the others - to find out and learn and master something for oneself. But we all need people to offer a helping hand a mentor, a coach or guide. We all need to win in some way - Tommy needed Jimmy and vice versa - c.f. the climbing analogy. Keep going, your vision is a much needed one. How you get there will be a wild ride. But it will always be interesting. I wish I had another 50 years to help change this world some more.

@DamienTalksMoney 2 ай бұрын

Thank you mate!

@iansony4787 3 ай бұрын

You’re good at what you do. Well done!

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

@jaybee6382 3 ай бұрын

Look up capitalization weighting. Makes a big difference.

@aqasanu1992 3 ай бұрын

Keep doing what you're doing 😊

@adrianl5899 3 ай бұрын

Damien, I wish you well with developing your work further. You have an excellent way of conveying a message in a personable, light-hearted and mainstream-friendly way.

@sambrook3036 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant! You are bang on, there is no tech because everything is tech!

@george6977 3 ай бұрын

Making fire was high tech to early man.

@MrDuncl 3 ай бұрын

@@george6977 James Watt utilising that fire was extremely high tech. So much so that he has a unit of measurement named after him.

@chrissmith3587 2 ай бұрын

Yep blame the execs puffing up valuations Tech should be only companies that sell software (preferably exclusively Amazon). People hear tech, they are thinking primarily Google, Amazon, Microsoft style companies. Hardware has completely different risks, overheads, scalability, per user cost to software. Amazon is a cloud services company with a retail business on the side. (Look at operating profits from AWS) Side note at end. Tesla is not a tech stock, and comparing to other car manufacturers is blatantly absurd. I work automotive software in uk. I am definitely an ev truer believer and have spent my working life exclusively working with EVs. The recent gloom around index’s almost convinced me just due to the high weighting of Tesla.

@Gr0nal 3 ай бұрын

Reassuring to hear. I'll keep up the passive investing because I don't have the time, energy, or knowledge to do anything else.

@andrewlaitt9586 3 ай бұрын

Great work Mr. J

@gavinb7761 3 ай бұрын

Yet another banging vid from you Damo 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@ttrjw 3 ай бұрын

Diversification is a lot better in mid cap indices e.g. S and P 400, FTSE250

@gjbuyken 2 ай бұрын

Nice analysis!

@kevinu.k.7042 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff Damien - Thanks.

@mrmoneymakingmadness9755 3 ай бұрын

Great Video. Agree that there is an overreliance on the biggest stocks in the US. Thanks for the history lesson!

@TomsPersonalFinance 3 ай бұрын

Great video, Damien. Production and editing is among the best on KZfaq 👏

@JakubStanley 3 ай бұрын

Top video, eloquently explained and very informative

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@simonjonesptchester 3 ай бұрын

Interesting and informative, as always! Thanks, Damien :)

@boothie15 3 ай бұрын

Your best content yet, Damo.

@johnristheanswer 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff. Legal and General Global 100 Fund does the job for me.

@IbadassI 3 ай бұрын

That was good! It makes sense.

@Me-ll4ig 3 ай бұрын

Another amazing video, each one better than the next. First class.

@davidandhelen4657 3 ай бұрын

You are wise beyond your years Grasshopper.

@RoxStar_eth 3 ай бұрын

Loving the new format mate really well produced keep up the great work, smashing it!

@blaupunkt1619 3 ай бұрын

Simply amazing content, based on lots of data and research. Awesome work - really! Loved to watch it. Cheers from Brazil

@henrypawson513 3 ай бұрын

Quality content as always! Been subbed since less than 10k , keep it up Damo!

@getreal7964 2 ай бұрын

Great content Damo, very well researched and presented.

@DamienTalksMoney 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@andreask5193 3 ай бұрын

Would love to see you do a video about how index fund bubble pop looks like and how would it play out.

@Marques127 2 ай бұрын

Active investors make the index funds work, if for example Apple is over invested by index funds then active investors will start selling Apple that's why u can't speak of a bubble in index funds because there's still a lot of active investors who will even it out, and there probably always will be.

@michaelbuckmaster00 3 ай бұрын

I never miss a new bit of Damo content… because he never misses. 👏🏻

@edchonam4906 3 ай бұрын

Concise and thought provoking wrt my investing habit. Great video thank you

@louiem97 3 ай бұрын

Incredibly high quality video as always

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@guncolony 2 ай бұрын

6:07 this is REALLY interesting! Glad that i was randomly recommended this video

@anikaka6921 3 ай бұрын

Where do you find you graphs and charts or do you make them yourself?

@lardyman2 3 ай бұрын

I do try to invest in the S&P using an equal weighting fund to avoid this issue.

@jamiefarrell4425 3 ай бұрын

Great idea about going out to companies giving advice about personal finances. Hope it takes off!

@_crow8887 2 ай бұрын

Massive credit for coming up with the farmer story

@peglux 2 ай бұрын

Looking back historically is interesting, however one thing where there is a significant contrast is with regard to FUM flow. In more recent times, i.e. last 15 or so years, there has been a proliferation of funds allocated to indexing strategies. Now over 50% of the market I read. With this large amount of money following the same strategy, what impact (if any) is this having on price discovery, constituent liquidity and the EMH? Could this be (or is it already) problematic? I feel that this needs to be better understood. Thoughts?

@chrissmith3587 2 ай бұрын

Just as a note Amazon isn’t really a retail company It’s the dominant cloud service provider, providing the structural support for vast sections of the modern internet. Who also has a big retailer attached. AWS has been responsible for a disproportionately high percentage of Amazon operating profit.

@michaeldawson6309 3 ай бұрын

Top info as always.

@CrappyProducts 3 ай бұрын

The main point is that our investments are constantly changing, so the index is changing depending on how companies are doing so even if some of these businesses will go bust, they'll be replaced, so that's fine

@Motley365 3 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy as always

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

You are always welcome mate

@stphkp889 3 ай бұрын

I have to say: bravo! Very well done. Your interviews with Ramen are also very good content.

@lunarossa94 3 ай бұрын

My concern is less with the concentration of these companies in the indices but rather their overvaluation. Large cap growth is a sucker’s bet. I wouldn’t invest in these large tech companies as “stock picks” so I don’t want them to dominate my index portfolio. I personally tilt slightly towards value factor funds (especially at historically high valuations).

@elephantandcastle838 3 ай бұрын

According to an article in the Times today, 17 companies in the FTSE 100 have increased their dividend each year for the last 10 years. If you would have invested 10 years ago, you would have got a total return of 281%. According to my calcs this represents an annualised return of 14.3% per year.

@reavsie1 3 ай бұрын

The voice of reason, but without the sarcasm and swearing - needs more Sasha.

@ksmiffy91 3 ай бұрын

Cracking outro!

@jacobworsoe 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Following the analogy with having only one tractor - is it a problem to only have ETF's from one ETF provider? What happens if that provider goes out of business? Is all your money then lost?

@cxar71 2 ай бұрын

Merging or being purchased is NOT failing.

@woody00011 3 ай бұрын

Props for one of few adverts that can certainly be described as entertaining.

@thepropertysurgeon 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Damo. Really interesting re: tech monopolising the retail space. Its something we could have probably predicted. But isn't a investment fund fluid- as in - if one sector liquidates, the fund automatically deversifies into the next big 7?

@Anonymous-cx1lr 3 ай бұрын

Have you looked into Commercial fusion? The impact on funds globally will definitely be something. The cost/price of all goods will go to near-zero.

@MrDuncl 3 ай бұрын

It would actually benefit companies like Tesla unless someone like BYD comes up with a built in Mr Fusion on their vehicle. Further up the thread someone else has mentioned healthcare. I don't see how Commercial Fusion would have any effect on that and the companies involved.

@Ragnotzo 3 ай бұрын

Which global index fund do you use, and on which platform?

@adrianhazzard6665 2 ай бұрын

I'm not sure but assuming it's FTSE global all cap

@MrDuncl 3 ай бұрын

Regarding companies leaving the indexes I wonder how many disappear because they split into others or get bought by them. I'm thinking of conglomerates like Rockwell who made everything from the Space Shuttle to calculators. A current example which people will have heard of is HP. Split into at least four different companies (HP, Agilent, Keysight, and DXC).

@dreamypuma 3 ай бұрын

What a roller coaster video! (Excellent and insightful as always). Almost changed my strategy mid way, but brought it back to the ground at the conclusion. Slow, consistent, and steady is the way and trust the process. There are no crystal balls in this game.

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

Never change the process! Sorry I took you on a roller coaster ride 🤣

@dreamypuma 3 ай бұрын

@DamienTalksMoney Don't apologise, its grounding and a reminder. It's Bank Holiday tomorrow. A few drinks and a weak mind. Appreciate everything you're doing. Keep knocking it out of the park pal.

@DamienTalksMoney 3 ай бұрын

The saddest thing about being self employed is I forget the bank holidays and don’t have the joy of them anymore

@maxt1617 2 ай бұрын

Excellent Will, I think that is a great move to bring a "Money Saving Expert"-esque down-to-earth approach to finances to staff, absent of FA product mindsets. Really hope it works out. Mid-sized UK companies without the fancy HR compensation deals could be a good target.

@dontuno 3 ай бұрын

Another brilliant video and supports my choice to bail out of managed funds and into index. Even now some of my so called "managed" funds performance are beyond pathetic, and yet certain well known institutions would have you believe they are where you should put your money. The evidence does not and cannot provide any sane rational for that assertion!

@dallyuk 3 ай бұрын

linkage finance index funds are gonna be lit

@Leopar525 2 ай бұрын

Your farmer example around minute 3 is called “single point of failure” and we should always take measures to avoid such cases where possible. E.g. I have apple pay on my phone, but I will also carry a debit card, so I don’t have to walk 2 hours back home if my phone battery depletes

@tomwilkinson7142 3 ай бұрын

Great video mate. I’d seen similar articles too and was feeling slightly concerned so this has really helped. Good luck with the new business venture

@JamieJam-ks2wn 3 ай бұрын

Is Invesco FTSE all world still your play?

@_J4CK4L_ 10 күн бұрын

Very good.

@sneakywan 3 ай бұрын

Yep, half of my Long Term portfolio is a few different ETFs and that side will continue to grow as I add to them, instead of my fairly safe individual blue chip stock picks going forward.

@pickashole 3 ай бұрын

@Damian, Thoughts on GGRG

@coderider3022 3 ай бұрын

Any attempt to hedge or diversify forces your to start picking and making decisions which are doomed to fail. I like my global all cap to reduce the over weighting of mag 7

@Optrogaming 3 ай бұрын

Hi, i dont know if youve mentioned this but, once a company loses its dominance in the market. it will leave an index fund and be replaced by the next best thing. hence top 500 top 100 top 30 etc. ergo. it'll always be the biggest best performing companies you own. love your vids correct me if I'm wrong

@davem.4003 3 ай бұрын

Index funds are fundamentally dollar (pound) cost averaging - they must invest as an individual stock is rising and they sell (take profit) as it falls, reinvesting in another growing stock. It's a virtuous circle driven by rebalancing the portfolio. In effect, the same thing applies whether the fund is market-cap weighted, or equal-weighted.

@sl0w_racer 3 ай бұрын

The thing about global index funds, is they are not global. If people can accept that risk of less diversification, then all is well. The thing is though there are tech specific index funds that well outperform pretty much all global index funds. Another thing to think about.