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FYI: The first ETF was launched in 1993. You would think by now we would have moved beyond the idea that this not-so-new structure is going to somehow implode the markets. Remember 2000-2001? What about 2008-2009? Neither had anything to do with ETFs. Both Cliff Asness and Josh Brown take issue with this argument: Regards, Ted https://abnormalreturns.com/2018/11/12/bear-markets-are-instrument-agnostic/