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I saw that article on /r/finance. A lot of the issues that those quant firms are experiencing can likely be put down to incredibly low amounts of volatility in current markets. This stems from there being lots cheap money floating around in the economy (low interest rates, quantitative easing), poor alternatives to dump money into to (low interest rates again). A growing factor is the growing amount of passive investing (yes, I know it makes up a relatively small amount of the market, but it is growing, and it is having a growing impact on liquidity, and therefore, volatility), something which the article touches on. Passive investing leads to money being placed indiscriminately within the market. You don't want too much of that happening.

Volatility is a beautiful thing, it provides wonderful opportunities for active investing and use of derivatives. It also gives new investors good places to enter into the market.

My opinion is that you shouldn't just be able to dump money into the market and be fully confident you'll be okay tomorrow because you know someone else will also dump money in the next day, and another one and another one...etc. Fear drives you to be active, drives you to be smart. It forces you to develop a gameplan, the market isn't there to hold your hand and tell you everything is going to be okay if you just wait long enough. It's meant to be risky, it's meant to be challenging, it's meant to be fun.

Again, just my views. The market will do what it does. Remember to buy the dip :D :D.