##  [# Hot Reads: Institutions Setting a Low Bar?](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-institutions-setting-low-bar) 

 

# Hot Reads: Institutions Setting a Low Bar?

 

 

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**[How Institutions Game Benchmarks](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b209xdwj87y87f/How-Institutions-Game-Benchmarks)** (Institutional Investor)   
 Are allocators choosing a low bar to assess their performance?

**[How Ethereum’s Merge Made Crypto Mining More Sustainable](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/22/how-ethereums-merge-made-crypto-mining-more-sustainable.html)** (CNBC)  
 The merge has reduced ethereum’s energy consumption by more than 99%.

**[Global Markets Rebounded Broadly Last Week](https://www.capitalspectator.com/global-markets-stage-broad-rebound-in-last-weeks-trading/)** (Capital Markets)  
 The rally was led by inflation-indexed non-U.S. bonds.

**[The Fed and Global Financial Stability](https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2022/10/21/strong-or-volcker-the-fed-and-global-financial-stability/)** (CFA Institute)  
 The impact of Fed policy on the global financial system is yet another feature of the COVID-19 pandemic that caught investors off guard.

**[The Effect of Indexing on Price Discovery, Limits to Arbitrage](https://alphaarchitect.com/2022/10/effect-of-indexing/)** (Alpha Architect)  
 A study built around the FTSE Russell reconstitution considers whether indexing distorts markets.

**[Saudi Arabia Swings Toward Russia](https://jheconomics.com/saudi-arabia-swings-toward-russia/)** (Jackson Hole Economics)  
 The kingdom’s recent moves could accelerate the West’s shift from fossil fuels.

**[Thematic Fund Resilience &amp; Inflows Confound Critics](https://www.ft.com/content/c4631a20-6fd8-4d48-a6d7-2912cdd16c25)** (Financial Times)  
 Morningstar analysis shows mainstream equity vehicles are more likely to be closed.

**[Fed Lines Up Another Big Hike](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2022/10/23/fed-lines-up-another-big-hike-while-mulling-eventual-downshift)** (Advisor Perspectives)  
 The agency will also likely debate factors for completing the most aggressive tightening cycle in four decades.

**[Are 401(k)s Enough?](https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2022/10/21/are-401ks-enough-ghilarducci-and-biggs-debate-future-of-retirement/)** (ThinkAdvisor)  
 The future of retirement.

**[Long Term Is Not Where Life Is Lived](https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2022/10/the-long-term-is-not-where-life-is-lived/)** (A Wealth of Common Sense)  
 How bear markets tempt you into making mistakes.

**[Say Goodbye to the Dip?](https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1118495/say-goodbye-to-buy-the-dip)** (Morningstar)  
 The Great Moderation may mean investors need to change their thinking about the markets.

**[How to Give an ETF as a Gift](https://www.investopedia.com/how-to-give-an-exchange-traded-fund-etf-gift-6740462)** (Investopedia)  
 Not many gifts have a chance of growing in value.



 

 

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