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Description: When the financial market crashed, investors fundamentally changed the way they buy stocks. Before, they invested in actively managed funds -- funds that buy shares in companies that they think will outperform the market. After the crisis passively managed funds -- funds that buy shares of all companies of an index -- grew rapidly. In the USA, the three biggest passive investors (Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street) already constitute the single largest shareholder in 40% of all listed firms, a
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