Questions for information concerning “the market.”?

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I am a college student and I have been given the topic on writing an argumentative essay on the stock market/ Investing. I am trying to narrow the topic down some and was wondering if you could give me any advice on what would be an interesting topic and would have a lot of information. ( I need to have 10 sources) I look forward to any suggestions. Thanks

Answers and Views:

Answer by Rob
If you need a lot of sources I would start looking at government websites. They have a lot of great data that is very helpful, also yahoo finance is a great source if you are looking for specific stocks to invest in.

Answer by d d
Naked Shorts. There is plenty of information and plenty of positions on their existence and impact on the market.

Answer by derobake
Well, some good all-around topics that have a lot of info are:

– The Efficient Market Hypothesis. What evidence is there that markets are efficient?

– Systematic verses nonsystematic risk (The Capital Asset Pricing Model), by Harry Markowitz.

– The failure of actively-managed mutual fund managers to match or beat their market index.

– Stock market speculative bubbles.

For more recent topics:

– The “value effect”. The findings by Eugene Fama and Kenneth French on value stocks and how they have beat growth stocks over long periods of time.

– The new “Enhanced Index Funds” verses traditional capital-weighted Index Funds https://www.investopedia.com/articles/mutualfund/07/enhanced_index.asp

– The explosive growth of ETFs and whether or not they are beneficial for investors (i.e. if investors are frequently trading ETFs and incuring transaction costs, then are they really getting a benefit verses a traditional Index mutual fund).

– The controversy over 12b-1 fees charged by many mutual funds. Are these helpful? Does a fund actually perform better the more investors it gets into the fund? i.e. is there evidence of “economies of scale” for these funds?

For good info, here are a few sources:

– My free downloadable book at and the bibliography at the back. Also, in chapter 8 I have some internet references to some academic articles
– https://www.investopedia.com
– A Random Walk Down Wall Street, by Burton Malkiel
– All About Asset Allocation, by Richard Ferri
– The Four Pillars of Investing, by William Bernstein
– The Little Book on Common Sense Investing, by Jon Bogle
– The Boglehead’s Guide to Investing
– Reseach from Eugene Fama and Kenneth French
– https://www.ifa.com/ is the site for Index Fund Advisors and should have some links to academic papers.

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