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Passive & quantitative investing has grown exponentially over the years and is now responsible for trillions of dollars of investors\\u2019 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 \\u2018Trillions\\u2019, and I couldn\\u2019t 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\\u2019s entry into the S&P 500, and Robin\\u2019s thoughts on Trend Following strategies.

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In This Episode, You\\u2019ll 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\\u2019 thoughts on Trend Following

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