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$21 billion represents 0.1% of the SP500 market cap.

Sums that small don't significantly affect board decisions especially if they come from passive investors. For comparison, Vanguards SP500 fund (VOO) has market value $400B.

Had Dell gradually bought SP500 index over a year, the effect on price would have been minimal.



> Had Dell gradually bought SP500 index over a year, the effect on price would have been minimal.

But this is the whole point: you need to be careful when investing this kind of sum, because you may end up negatively impacting the market.

It's all about scale.


VOO is only about $90B. But if you add up all the variations of vanguard sp500 index funds, it seems to be well over $500B.




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