Mike Green

Mike Green is a portfolio manager and chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management, where he focuses on identifying structural risks and opportunities in global financial markets. With a career spanning over two decades in asset management, Green has become one of the most widely cited critics of the shift toward passive index investing, arguing that the massive flows into index funds and ETFs have created systemic vulnerabilities that distort price discovery and concentrate capital in an increasingly narrow set of large-cap stocks.

Green's macro framework is particularly relevant to commodity and resource investors because of his analysis of how passive investing flows suppress capital formation in smaller, capital-intensive sectors like mining and exploration. He has argued that the relentless drift of capital into passive vehicles systematically starves junior mining companies and smaller resource firms of the institutional attention and capital allocation they need to develop new supply—contributing to the long-term supply deficits that drive commodity bull markets.

Prior to joining Simplify, Green held portfolio management and strategy roles at several firms, including Logica Capital Advisers. He is a frequent speaker at major investment conferences, including the Super Terrific Happy Day conference alongside macro thinkers like Stephanie Pomboy, Grant Williams, Luke Gromen, and Pippa Malmgren. His presentations often explore the intersection of monetary policy, market structure, and geopolitical risk—themes that directly impact commodity pricing and mining equity valuations.

Green's work has been featured in numerous financial media outlets and investment podcasts, where he discusses topics ranging from the implications of central bank digital currencies to the structural risks in the Treasury market. His willingness to challenge consensus narratives about market efficiency and passive investing has made him a sought-after voice among investors who recognize that structural market distortions create both risks and opportunities in real assets and commodities.