How do individual stocks go up and down when most people are invested via index funds and cannot buy or sell individual stocks?
>>59666115who is this
>>59666115these investments are utilized by trading algorithms to outsmart each other
Index funds are just a collection of individual stocks into one stock. So when normies buy an index fund, they technically buy a fraction of all of these individual stocks combined into one S&P 500 share.
>>59666115Because it's mostly done by mutual funds moving large amounts of money these days. You're a not even small fish. You're plankton.
>>59666115Don't question it, just give me at least 8% of your take-home pay for the rest of your working life.