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Robin Wigglesworth is the global finance correspondent for the Financial Times. He covers the intersection of markets, economics, and geopolitics, and has written extensively on the evolution of investing and financial technology.
Known for: Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever
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Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever
Trillions tells the story of how a small group of maverick investors and academics revolutionized the financial world by creating the index fund. Robin Wigglesworth, a Financial Times journalist, traces the origins of passive investing from its academic roots to its global dominance, revealing the personalities, conflicts, and innovations that reshaped modern finance.
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The Pre-Index Era: Elegance, Ego, and the Cult of the Stock Picker
Before the rise of indexing, the financial world was dominated by a different faith — the belief that gifted managers could identify undervalued stocks and consistently outperform the market. The idea of active management wasn’t simply popular; it was dogma. Investors idolized figures like Warren Bu...
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The Birth of a Theory: Eugene Fama and the Efficient Market Hypothesis
If there was a spark that ignited the index revolution, it came not from trading floors but from academic halls. At the University of Chicago, a young scholar named Eugene Fama began dissecting decades of market data with a rigorous scientific mindset. His conclusion was as elegant as it was disrupt...
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About Robin Wigglesworth
Robin Wigglesworth is the global finance correspondent for the Financial Times. He covers the intersection of markets, economics, and geopolitics, and has written extensively on the evolution of investing and financial technology.
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