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It’s a Concentrated World

Ben Carlson · 6 Sept 2026 · awealthofcommonsense.com ↗

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Every claim below was made in this piece, quoted word for word and numbered in the order the piece makes them, so you can read it there rather than take our word for it. The sentence above each quote is our reading of the claim, not their wording. Each quote was checked against a stored copy of the page at build time; where the two differ, the quote is the fact.

  1. Our reading

    Rising concentration in the stock market is a feature of bull markets rather than a warning sign.

    Their wordsStock market concentration is a bull market phenomenon.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    The weight of the largest US companies in the index matches their share of the earnings, so the concentration is justified.

    Their wordsThe market cap weights make sense relative to the fundamentals.
    Interesting

  3. Our reading

    Whatever AI does to the size of the pie, it will most likely increase concentration in the market and the economy.

    Their wordsEven if AI makes the pie grow bigger, it feels like a better bet that it will only increase the level of concentration in the stock market and economy if the past is a good predictor of the future.
    Interesting