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Market Concentration

Barry Ritholtz

They are based on historical data that looks at 200 Years of Market Concentration. As the chart above shows, there are long periods of market concentration. Increased concentration is a sign of a bull market and bear markets reduce concentration.” You might be surprised at the findings.

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At The Money: Concentrated Portfolios

Barry Ritholtz

APPLE EMBED At The Money: Concentrated Portfolios: Andrew Slimmon, Morgan Stanley (May 8, 2024) Are your expensive active mutual funds and ETFs actually active? AndrewToday, we discuss the advantages of concentrated portfolios. Concentrated portfolios are the opposite of bropad market indexes or funds and ETFs.

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Concentration Risk on the Buy-Side of Credit Markets: The Causes

CFA Institute

What are the effects of buy-side concentration on the structure of the corporate bond market?

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The Corporate Life Cycle: Corporate Finance, Valuation and Investing Implications!

Musings on Markets

In fact, the business life cycle has become an integral part of the corporate finance, valuation and investing classes that I teach, and in many of the posts that I have written on this blog. Tech companies age in dog years, and the consequences for how we manage, value and invest in them are profound.

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At the Money: Meb Faber on Tax Aware ETFs

Barry Ritholtz

(December 4, 2024) Are you holding large, concentrated equity positions that have accrued big gains? Meb Faber, founder and chief investment officer of Cambria Investments, speaks about a new ETF that may be the solution to the challenge of concentrated equity positions. Tell us what a concentrated position is.

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Mexican Regulator Says Credit, Debit Processing Too Highly Concentrated

PYMNTS

Because of the lack of competition, the federal Commission on Economic Competition said the processing fees have gotten too high and incentives have been lowered for investing in new systems that could be safer for handling transactions and avoiding breakdowns.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (January 11–12)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A survey indicates that nearly 71% of new financial advisors drop out in the first 5 years, with firms offering better training and mentorship opportunities (as well as entry-level positions that don't come with business development targets) seeing higher employee retention rates How broker-dealer self-regulatory organization (..)