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Ep25 - "Trillions" by Robin Wigglesworth w/ guest Paul Barry

The #BLUFFbooks Podcast - Hosted by Ian Gates (20240917)

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Episode 25
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 #BLUFFbooks 📚 — “Trillions” (p. 2021) by Robin Wigglesworth:

Subtitle: "How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever"

Big Ideas Below: ⬇️

 
💡1. Tell Me What You Quant… (Bill Sharpe, Wells Fargo & the origin of index investing for institutional clients). 🧮 📈 🏦

 
💡2. Bogle Me This… (Jack Bogle, Jack Brennan, and low fee retail index investing for average joe) 👷🏼‍♂️📈

 
💡3. Along Came a SPDR… (Nathan Most, the American Exchange, the Toronto exchange, and the birth of the ETF). 🕷️🇨🇦📦📈

 
💡4. Getting it Dunn (Patricia Dunn, WFIA, BGI, and iShares making a diverse and vibrant market for ETFs). 🌎📦📦📈

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