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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 3472705" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/david-hogg-calls-for-investors-to-boycott-blackrock-vanguard-over-gun-holdings-2018-04-17" target="_blank">David Hogg calls for investors to boycott BlackRock, Vanguard over gun holdings</a>BlackRock <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/blk?mod=MW_story_quote" target="_blank">BLK, -0.69%</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; is the largest institutional shareholder of gun maker Sturm Ruger &amp; Co. <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/rgr?mod=MW_story_quote" target="_blank">RGR, +1.35%</a>&nbsp; and the second-largest investor of Vista Outdoor Inc.<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/vsto?mod=MW_story_quote" target="_blank">VSTO, +1.33%</a>&nbsp; and Smith &amp; Wesson Corp. parent American Outdoor Brands Corp.<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/aobc?mod=MW_story_quote" target="_blank">AOBC, +2.44%</a> , according to Morningstar data.Vanguard is the second-largest shareholder of Sturm Ruger, and third-largest of American Outdoor Brands and Vista Outdoor.There’s a reason the two are so heavily invested — as so-called passive investors, they have to buy every stock in the index they track. As the popularity of passive investing has soared, the two fund managers have become giants.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 3472705, member: 12952"] [URL='https://www.marketwatch.com/story/david-hogg-calls-for-investors-to-boycott-blackrock-vanguard-over-gun-holdings-2018-04-17']David Hogg calls for investors to boycott BlackRock, Vanguard over gun holdings[/URL] BlackRock [URL='https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/blk?mod=MW_story_quote']BLK, -0.69%[/URL] is the largest institutional shareholder of gun maker Sturm Ruger & Co. [URL='https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/rgr?mod=MW_story_quote']RGR, +1.35%[/URL] and the second-largest investor of Vista Outdoor Inc.[URL='https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/vsto?mod=MW_story_quote']VSTO, +1.33%[/URL] and Smith & Wesson Corp. parent American Outdoor Brands Corp.[URL='https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/aobc?mod=MW_story_quote']AOBC, +2.44%[/URL] , according to Morningstar data. Vanguard is the second-largest shareholder of Sturm Ruger, and third-largest of American Outdoor Brands and Vista Outdoor. There’s a reason the two are so heavily invested — as so-called passive investors, they have to buy every stock in the index they track. As the popularity of passive investing has soared, the two fund managers have become giants. [/QUOTE]

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