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Ben Carlson: A Few Big Stocks Don't Tell The Whole Market Story
FYI: Every year it seems investors worry that far too few stocks are carrying the market higher. The problem is most people never take the next step to see how often this actually happens. This is a piece I wrote for Bloomberg myth-busting the idea that a few stocks up big are a problem for the stock market. Regards, Ted http://awealthofcommonsense.com/2017/07/a-few-big-stocks-dont-tell-the-whole-market-story/