Half of US stock fund assets are now invested in index funds
I&#x27;m a noob in investing so I have a few questions:<p>* Is this a bad news?<p>* Are there index funds that blindly follow the top 500 but actively remove dumb stocks?<p>* Should I avoid American-only index fund? Looks like the Chinese market is becoming pretty strong and there doesn&#x27;t seem to be any insurance that the American market will stay as strong in the next 20+ years. I would comfortable betting on the world market, but not really on one country&#x27;s market.<p>* I have some money saved up that I don&#x27;t know what to do with. I&#x27;ll probably look into investing for an apartment in the next 2-5 years. Should I let it sit in my bank account or should I put everything in an index fund?