Market chaos: Forget coronavirus, worry about passive investing

While the coronavirus can take credit for much of the volatility we've experienced on the markets lately, it's not the only issue. For years, the steady rise of passive investing may have been creating unexpected and important financial market vulnerabilities. In this podcast, featuring content from the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast, we take a dive into how passive money has been fuelling the spike in technology stock prices and why that's a real problem for markets. Even though passive investing is the best strategy for most investors, added up, passive money may be undoing the rationale for the stock markets themselves. – Felicity Duncan

It's been a rough couple of weeks for investors. Stock markets have been plunging into bear territory around the world as they try to assess the economic impact of the coronavirus and the oil price shock. Although there was a bounce on Friday, futures are suggesting that we're going to open to weak markets on Monday, with further corrections likely.

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