
多年来,YouTube网红汉克·格林一直秉持着沃伦·巴菲特(Warren Buffett)等传奇人物所推崇的简单投资智慧:把钱投入标普500指数基金,然后长期持有。
这条建议已为数百万投资者带来了丰厚回报:仅今年一年,该指数涨幅就约达16%,过去三年平均涨幅超过20%,过去二十年平均涨幅约为14.6%。在大多数情况下,它的表现都轻松超越了试图挑选特斯拉(Tesla)或Meta等个股的投资者。
但随着华尔街对可能由AI驱动的泡沫感到担忧——《大空头》投资者迈克尔·伯里(Michael Burry)和经济学家穆罕默德·埃里安(Mohamed El-Erian)等人纷纷发出警告——格林并没有坐等事态发展。他已经在重新考虑自己有多少财富与科技巨头捆绑在一起。
一个主要原因是:标普500指数比以往任何时候都更加集中。排名前十的公司——包括英伟达、苹果(Apple)、微软、亚马逊(Amazon)、谷歌和Meta——占整个指数的近40%。而这些公司几乎都在AI领域投入了数百亿美元。
“我觉得我的资金暴露的风险超出了我的舒适区,”格林在一条播放量超过160万的视频中说。“我感觉,由于把很多钱投入了标普500指数,我现在某种程度上是在押注一个宏大的AI未来。而那不是我确信一定会发生的未来。”
因此,格林正在对冲风险。他取出之前投资于标普500指数基金资金的25%——对于一位白手起家的百万富翁来说这是一笔不小的数额——并将其转移到一组更加多元化的资产中,包括:
标普500价值指数基金,偏向于估值较低、受AI炒作影响较小的公司;
中盘股,他认为如果较小的公司能更多地获得AI带来的生产力提升,这类股票可能受益;
国际指数基金,提供在美国以科技股为主的市场之外的投资敞口。
格林的论点很简单:即使AI改变了经济,最终最大的赢家可能不是那些构建模型的大型公司。
“我认为,这些提供AI模型的巨头公司实际上将相互竞争以争取客户,部分方式是通过价格竞争,”格林说。“这可能意味着,传递给小公司的价值将大于传递给大型AI公司的价值。不过谁知道呢?我只是觉得这可能发生。”
如果他的担忧被夸大了呢?他对此也没问题。
“如果我错了,我75%的钱仍然在大家口中你的钱应该待的安全地带,那就是标普500指数。”
这位YouTube播主传递给Z世代和Alpha世代观众的信息:股市并非“庞氏骗局”。
根据教师保险与年金协会(TIAA)的数据,Z世代在金融知识——从储蓄投资到理解风险——方面持续落后于其他世代。此外,四分之一的人承认对自己的金融知识和技能缺乏信心——考虑到七分之一的Z世代信用卡用户已刷爆信用卡,且许多年轻人身负数千美元的学生贷款债务,这一承认显得尤为触目。
格林自称“45岁、事业有成的中年人”,他表示正试图示范什么是深思熟虑的长期决策。而这部分努力包括澄清他部分观众中存在的一个重大误解:
“我收到过一些评论,比如‘真不敢相信你也参与了这场庞氏骗局’,”格林告诉《财富》(Fortune)杂志。“我确实想疏远那些人,因为我不相信股市是庞氏骗局。我确实认为它目前估值过高,但我认为它与世界上真实创造的价值相关联。”
他更广泛的观点是:投资不是凭感觉,也不是把钱扔进当周热门股;相反,它需要认真研究。
“很多人认为投资就像是开个Robinhood账户然后买特斯拉股票,”格林补充道。“而我想说,‘不,你应该开个富达(Fidelity)账户,买一只低成本指数基金,或者就直接把钱放在你的401K账户里,让管理它的人去管理’——很多人就是这么做的,这也很好。”
他的年轻观众们正在关注。一条热门评论总结道:“作为一个年轻人,正处在人生中开始考虑投资的阶段,我真的很感激你详细阐述你的逻辑并给出大量免责声明,而不是告诉我应该完全照搬你买买买的东西。”这条评论已经获得了超过4700个赞。
理财顾问们同意:投资组合多元化是王道
尽管格林并非金融背景出身,投资界的专家们表示他们大体上同意他的逻辑:构建一个多元化的投资组合是正确之道——尤其是如果你担心AI泡沫的话。
“与许多互联网公司不同,如今的科技巨头通常拥有可观的收入、现金储备以及除AI外成熟的商业模式,”注册理财规划师、《理财达人秀》(The Money Guy Show)主持人博·汉森(Bo Hanson)在分析格林观点的视频中说道。
“尽管如此,集中风险对于寻求多元化的投资者来说仍然是一个合理的担忧。然而,这正是我们建议不要将所有投资 solely 投入标普500指数的原因,特别是如果你的投资期限较短的话。”
汉森补充道,明智的投资者会将资金分散到各种资产类别中,包括小盘股、国际资产和债券,以降低投资组合波动性,并在不同的市场环境中提供更稳定的回报。
TIAA财富管理(TIAA Wealth Management)总监道格·奥恩斯坦(Doug Ornstein)也表达了同样的观点,他表示,重要的是要认识到并非每项投资都需要追逐增长。
“特别是随着年龄增长,拥有有保障的收入流变得至关重要。像年金这样的产品可以提供可靠的支付,无论市场如何波动,从而为财务安全奠定基础,”奥恩斯坦告诉《财富》杂志。“可以将其视为在你的投资组合下方建造一个地板——一个市场波动无法触及的地板。”(*)
译者:梁宇
审校:夏林
多年来,YouTube网红汉克·格林一直秉持着沃伦·巴菲特(Warren Buffett)等传奇人物所推崇的简单投资智慧:把钱投入标普500指数基金,然后长期持有。
这条建议已为数百万投资者带来了丰厚回报:仅今年一年,该指数涨幅就约达16%,过去三年平均涨幅超过20%,过去二十年平均涨幅约为14.6%。在大多数情况下,它的表现都轻松超越了试图挑选特斯拉(Tesla)或Meta等个股的投资者。
但随着华尔街对可能由AI驱动的泡沫感到担忧——《大空头》投资者迈克尔·伯里(Michael Burry)和经济学家穆罕默德·埃里安(Mohamed El-Erian)等人纷纷发出警告——格林并没有坐等事态发展。他已经在重新考虑自己有多少财富与科技巨头捆绑在一起。
一个主要原因是:标普500指数比以往任何时候都更加集中。排名前十的公司——包括英伟达、苹果(Apple)、微软、亚马逊(Amazon)、谷歌和Meta——占整个指数的近40%。而这些公司几乎都在AI领域投入了数百亿美元。
“我觉得我的资金暴露的风险超出了我的舒适区,”格林在一条播放量超过160万的视频中说。“我感觉,由于把很多钱投入了标普500指数,我现在某种程度上是在押注一个宏大的AI未来。而那不是我确信一定会发生的未来。”
因此,格林正在对冲风险。他取出之前投资于标普500指数基金资金的25%——对于一位白手起家的百万富翁来说这是一笔不小的数额——并将其转移到一组更加多元化的资产中,包括:
标普500价值指数基金,偏向于估值较低、受AI炒作影响较小的公司;
中盘股,他认为如果较小的公司能更多地获得AI带来的生产力提升,这类股票可能受益;
国际指数基金,提供在美国以科技股为主的市场之外的投资敞口。
格林的论点很简单:即使AI改变了经济,最终最大的赢家可能不是那些构建模型的大型公司。
“我认为,这些提供AI模型的巨头公司实际上将相互竞争以争取客户,部分方式是通过价格竞争,”格林说。“这可能意味着,传递给小公司的价值将大于传递给大型AI公司的价值。不过谁知道呢?我只是觉得这可能发生。”
如果他的担忧被夸大了呢?他对此也没问题。
“如果我错了,我75%的钱仍然在大家口中你的钱应该待的安全地带,那就是标普500指数。”
这位YouTube播主传递给Z世代和Alpha世代观众的信息:股市并非“庞氏骗局”。
根据教师保险与年金协会(TIAA)的数据,Z世代在金融知识——从储蓄投资到理解风险——方面持续落后于其他世代。此外,四分之一的人承认对自己的金融知识和技能缺乏信心——考虑到七分之一的Z世代信用卡用户已刷爆信用卡,且许多年轻人身负数千美元的学生贷款债务,这一承认显得尤为触目。
格林自称“45岁、事业有成的中年人”,他表示正试图示范什么是深思熟虑的长期决策。而这部分努力包括澄清他部分观众中存在的一个重大误解:
“我收到过一些评论,比如‘真不敢相信你也参与了这场庞氏骗局’,”格林告诉《财富》(Fortune)杂志。“我确实想疏远那些人,因为我不相信股市是庞氏骗局。我确实认为它目前估值过高,但我认为它与世界上真实创造的价值相关联。”
他更广泛的观点是:投资不是凭感觉,也不是把钱扔进当周热门股;相反,它需要认真研究。
“很多人认为投资就像是开个Robinhood账户然后买特斯拉股票,”格林补充道。“而我想说,‘不,你应该开个富达(Fidelity)账户,买一只低成本指数基金,或者就直接把钱放在你的401K账户里,让管理它的人去管理’——很多人就是这么做的,这也很好。”
他的年轻观众们正在关注。一条热门评论总结道:“作为一个年轻人,正处在人生中开始考虑投资的阶段,我真的很感激你详细阐述你的逻辑并给出大量免责声明,而不是告诉我应该完全照搬你买买买的东西。”这条评论已经获得了超过4700个赞。
理财顾问们同意:投资组合多元化是王道
尽管格林并非金融背景出身,投资界的专家们表示他们大体上同意他的逻辑:构建一个多元化的投资组合是正确之道——尤其是如果你担心AI泡沫的话。
“与许多互联网公司不同,如今的科技巨头通常拥有可观的收入、现金储备以及除AI外成熟的商业模式,”注册理财规划师、《理财达人秀》(The Money Guy Show)主持人博·汉森(Bo Hanson)在分析格林观点的视频中说道。
“尽管如此,集中风险对于寻求多元化的投资者来说仍然是一个合理的担忧。然而,这正是我们建议不要将所有投资 solely 投入标普500指数的原因,特别是如果你的投资期限较短的话。”
汉森补充道,明智的投资者会将资金分散到各种资产类别中,包括小盘股、国际资产和债券,以降低投资组合波动性,并在不同的市场环境中提供更稳定的回报。
TIAA财富管理(TIAA Wealth Management)总监道格·奥恩斯坦(Doug Ornstein)也表达了同样的观点,他表示,重要的是要认识到并非每项投资都需要追逐增长。
“特别是随着年龄增长,拥有有保障的收入流变得至关重要。像年金这样的产品可以提供可靠的支付,无论市场如何波动,从而为财务安全奠定基础,”奥恩斯坦告诉《财富》杂志。“可以将其视为在你的投资组合下方建造一个地板——一个市场波动无法触及的地板。”(*)
译者:梁宇
审校:夏林
For years, YouTube star Hank Green has stuck to the same straightforward investing wisdom touted by legends like Warren Buffett: Put your money in an S&P 500 index fund and leave it alone.
It’s advice that has paid off handsomely for millions of investors: this year alone, the index is up roughly some 16%, and averaged more than 20% in gains over the last three years and roughly 14.6% over the past two decades. In most cases, it’s easily beaten investors who try to pick individual stocks like Tesla or Meta.
But as Wall Street frets over a possible AI-driven bubble—with voices from “Big Short” investor Michael Burry to economist Mohamed El-Erian sounding alarms—Green isn’t waiting around to see what happens. He’s already rethinking how much of his own wealth is tied to Big Tech.
A major reason: The S&P 500 is more concentrated than ever. The top 10 companies—including Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta—make up nearly 40% of the entire index. And nearly all of them are pouring billions into AI.
“I feel like my money is more exposed than I would like it to be,” Green said in a video that’s racked up over 1.6 million views. “I feel like by virtue of having a lot of my money in the S&P 500, I am now kind of betting on a big AI future. And that’s not a future that I definitely think is going to happen.”
So Green is hedging. He’s taking 25% of the money he previously invested in S&P 500 index funds—a meaningful chunk for a self-made millionaire—and moving it into a more diversified set of assets, including:
S&P 500 value index funds, which tilt toward companies with lower valuations and less AI-driven hype.
Mid-cap stocks, which he believes could benefit if smaller firms catch more of AI’s productivity gains.
International index funds, offering exposure outside the U.S. tech-heavy market.
Green’s thesis is simple: even if AI transforms the economy, the biggest winners may ultimately not be the mega-cap companies building the models.
“I think that these giant companies providing the AI models will actually be competing with each other for those customers in part by competing on price,” Green said. “And that might mean that the value delivered to small companies will be bigger than value delivered to the big AI companies. Who knows though? I just think that’s a thing that could happen.”
And if his concerns are overblown? He’s fine with that, too.
“If I’m wrong, 75% of my money is still in the safe place that everybody says your money should be, which is the S&P 500.”
YouTuber’s message to his Gen Z and Gen Alpha viewers: The stock market isn’t a ‘Ponzi scheme’
Gen Z continues to trail other generations in financial know-how—from saving and investing to understanding risk, according to TIAA. Moreover, one in four admit they are not confident in their financial knowledge and skill—a stark admission considering that 1 in 7 Gen Z credit card users have maxed out their credit cards and many young people hold thousands in student loan debt.
As a self-described “middle-aged, 45-year-old successful person,” Green said he’s trying to model what thoughtful, long-term decision-making actually looks like. And part of that effort includes dispelling one big misconception shared among some of his audience:
“I get these comments from people who are like, I can’t believe that you’re participating in this Ponzi scheme,” Green told Fortune. “I do want to alienate those people, because I don’t believe that the stock market is a Ponzi scheme. I do think that it’s overvalued right now, but I think that it’s tied to real value that’s really created in the world.”
His broader point: Investing isn’t about vibes or just dumping money into the hot stock of the week; rather, it’s something to seriously research.
“A lot of people think that investing is like getting a Robinhood account and buying Tesla,” Green added. “And I’m like, ‘Nope, you’ve got to get a Fidelity account and buy a low cost index fund everybody and or just keep it in your 401K and let the people who manage it manage it’—which is what a lot of people do, which is also fine.”
His younger viewers are paying attention. One popular comment summed it up: “As a young person entering the point in my life where I’m starting to think about investing, I really appreciate you talking through your logic and giving a ton of disclaimers rather than telling me I should buy buy buy exactly what you buy buy buy.” The comment has already racked up more than 4,700 likes.
Financial advisors agree: Portfolio diversification is king
While Green doesn’t come from a financial background, experts from the world of investing said they agree largely with his rationale: Having a diversified portfolio is the way to go—especially if you have worries about an AI bubble.
“Unlike many dot-com companies, today’s tech giants generally have substantial revenue, cash reserves, and established business models beyond just AI,” certified financial planner Bo Hanson, host of The Money Guy Show, said in a video analyzing Green’s take.
“Still, the concentration risk remains a valid concern for investors that are seeking diversification. However, this is precisely why we advise against putting all investments solely in the S&P 500, especially if you have a shorter time horizon.”
Hanson added wise investors spread their money across various asset classes, including small-caps, international, and bonds, in order to reduce portfolio volatility and provide more consistent returns across various market environments.
It’s sentiment echoed by Doug Ornstein, director at TIAA Wealth Management, who said it’s important to realize that not every investment needs to chase growth.
“Particularly as you get older, having guaranteed income streams becomes crucial. Products like annuities can provide reliable payments regardless of market swings, creating a foundation of financial security,” Ornstein told Fortune. “Think of it as building a floor beneath your portfolio—one that market volatility can’t touch.”
