Australian Investors Podcast

Why index funds hurt small cap investing


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In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask is joined by Luke Laretive and Ben Richards from Seneca Financial Solutions to discuss:

– The flaws of small cap index investing

– How inclusion in ASX indices drives mispricing

– Lessons from Catapult, Objective Corp & Sigma

– Mistakes small cap investors should avoid


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Topics covered

– How ETFs and index funds distort the small cap landscape

– Why active managers can still outperform in small caps

– What index inclusion does to share prices (examples from Catapult, EOL, Objective)

– Why more companies are gaming the index system (e.g. Sigma, Guzman y Gomez)

– Common small cap investing mistakes and how to avoid them


Episode Resources

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