Saturday, February 03, 2024 9:01:02 AM
The fact that they are PASSIVE INDEX funds must not be minimized: It simply means Blackrock and Vanguard index funds that own Lightwave do not do so because they have researched the company and liked what they saw. They own simply to match the indexes.
Even so-called "passive" index funds are monitored and try to out do other "passive" funds...
Index funds are passive investments. They track an index with the goal of replicating the performance of that index, minus expenses. Active funds, meanwhile, are led by managers who choose particular securities in an effort to outperform an index.
However, some index funds are better than others. The best index funds do a good job of closely tracking their indexes, minimizing costs, and following sensible rules-based indexes.
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Best Index Funds to Buy in 2024
A good place to start your search for top index exchange-traded funds and mutual funds is with the Morningstar Medalist Rating. Funds that earn our highest rating—Gold—are those that we think are most likely to outperform over a full market cycle.
Here’s the list of best low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs for 2024 broken down by the three main asset classes that are represented in many investors’ portfolios: U.S. stocks, international stocks, and bonds. We’re also including a list of what we’re calling “specialized” index funds, which features top-rated low-cost index funds from investment categories that appear less frequently in the portfolios of most investors.
Best Index Funds: U.S. Stocks
These mutual funds and ETFs all land in one of the broad U.S. stock Morningstar Categories, earn the top Morningstar Medalist Rating of Gold, and have Analyst Assigned % equaling at least 80% as of Dec. 5, 2023.
(list follows see link)
Although this is a list of the best broad-based low-cost index funds investing in U.S. stocks, there is some variety here. Several funds in the group track the S&P 500 and therefore provide access to large-cap stocks representing about 80% of the U.S. stock market. Other index funds on the list follow much broader market indexes that include more stocks, some of which are smaller-cap names. Meanwhile, other funds on the list are more narrowly focused, tracking indexes based on market capitalization (mid- or small-cap stocks) or investment style (growth stocks or value stocks).
https://www.morningstar.com/funds/best-index-funds
T.P. quote, more B.S.:
BUT: There are PLENTY of other stocks in a similar market cap range with similar and even higher pct ownership by Blackrock and Vanguard.
You can't buy what's not for sale. Lightwave has higher long term ownership than most. Institutions had to run the stock to over $20 and conspire with algo driven hedge funds in order to shake shares loose. This is obvious when you look at the quarterly stats below:
Historic Short Interest:
You can go to this link to check short interest in a stock:
http://nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=ShortInterest
Publication schedule is here:
http://nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=ShortIntPubSch
NOTE: Short interest was bumped up from 12/15/22 to 12/30/22 to take the stock below $5.
In the summer of 2022 short interest was at 20 million for three reporting periods, then they were able to cover about two million. Short interest went back to the 19-20 million range for the EOY dump and has remained above those levels.
The largest increase in institutional interest took place in spring of 2022 - highlighted below in red.
Settlement Date/Short Interest/Percent Change/
Average Daily Share Volume/Days to Cover
01/12/2024 21,798,205 (2.54) 683,858 31.88
12/29/2023 22,366,585 2.30 735,997 30.39
12/15/2023 21,863,663 (0.31) 1,035,021 21.12
11/30/2023 21,931,805 (0.71) 461,494 47.52
11/15/2023 22,088,725 (0.53) 504,513 43.78
10/31/2023 22,205,898 (2.42) 512,860 43.30
10/13/2023 22,757,363 2.16 618,592 36.7
10/13/2023 22,757,363 2.16 618,592 36.79
09/29/2023 22,276,786 1.31 635,227 35.07
09/15/2023 21,989,156 2.77 560,869 39.21
08/31/2023 21,397,092 1.87 498,218 42.9
08/31/2023 21,397,092 1.87 498,218 42.95
08/15/2023 21,004,221 (0.58) 496,542 42.30
07/31/2023 21,126,205 (4.72) 739,769 28.56
07/14/2023 22,173,921 0.03 651,044 34.06
06/30/2023 22,167,474 0.03 814,363 27.22
06/15/2023 22,160,433 1.19 1,045,219 21.20
05/31/2023 21,899,366 7.56 1,683,984 13.00
05/15/2023 20,361,079 (0.09) 569,849 35.73
04/28/2023 20,379,295 (0.13) 466,808 43.66
04/14/2023 20,405,568 0.40 480,636 42.46
03/31/2023 20,325,220 1.87 671,254 30.28
03/15/2023 19,951,615 (0.69) 594,548 33.56
02/28/2023 20,090,333 2.05 482,648 41.63
02/15/2023 19,686,886 1.20 566,324 34.76
01/31/2023 19,453,568 (2.05) 535,632 36.32
01/13/2023 19,861,250 3.71 792,682 25.06
12/30/2022 19,150,187 3.67 1,285,439 14.90
12/15/2022 18,472,956 2.54 599,737 30.80
11/30/2022 18,014,908 2.62 519,921 34.65
11/15/2022 17,555,582 (1.41) 602,853 29.12
10/31/2022 17,806,460 0.09 701,576 25.38
10/14/2022 17,789,950 (0.63) 651,652 27.30
09/30/2022 17,903,415 (0.75) 648,513 27.61
09/15/2022 18,038,444 3.00 677,288 26.63
08/31/2022 17,513,561 (2.28) 766,506 22.85
08/15/2022 17,922,814 (3.15) 650,757 27.54
07/29/2022 18,506,638 (5.50) 750,589 24.66
07/15/2022 19,584,292 (5.88) 1,043,751 18.76
06/30/2022 20,807,845 6.79 2,426,677 8.57
06/15/2022 19,485,684 10.05 1,865,235 10.45
05/31/2022 17,706,834 9.34 1,427,860 12.40
05/13/2022 16,194,010 8.82 1,715,225 9.40
04/29/2022 14,881,642 12.40 1,063,592 13.99
04/14/2022 13,239,579 3.50 678,095 19.52
03/31/2022 12,791,395 10.45 875,640 14.61
03/15/2022 11,580,686 5.05 890,355 13.01
02/28/2022 11,023,861 4.63 872,453 12.64
02/15/2022 10,536,146 28.11 977,195 10.78
01/31/2022 8,224,272 67.06 1,996,611 4.12
01/14/2022 4,922,847 9.97 1,113,918 4.42
12/31/2021 4,476,575 102.34 1,842,236 2.43
12/15/2021 2,212,448 28.67 1,649,231 1.34
11/30/2021 1,719,480 (5.48) 944,571 1.82
11/15/2021 1,819,143 (5.38) 715,036 2.54
10/29/2021 1,922,613 (9.60) 403,339 4.77
10/15/2021 2,126,831 38.81 477,119 4.40
09/30/2021 1,532,236 (16.60) 846,969 1.81
09/15/2021 1,837,252 367,816 5.00
Quarterly institutional interest
Sept 30, 2021 1,572,492 - 1.39% 4x
Dec 31, 2021 10,650,274 - 9.44% 6.75x
March 30, 2022 16,023,079 - 14.20% 1.5x
June 30, 2022 25,953,669 - 23.00% 1.5x
Sept 30, 2022 26,398,135 - 23.39% 1.017x
Dec 31, 2022 28,059,197 - 24.87% 1.0629x
March 31, 2023 27,501,889 - 24.04% .98x
June 30, 2023 27,179,488 - 23.76% .988x
Sept 30 2023 32,226,682 - 27.57% 1.18x
Dec 31, 2023 32,561,429 - 27.86% 1.01x
Let me draw a picture for T.P.:
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