The top 10 global stocks by market value have a greater hold than ever before on the capital markets, and that could be a bad thing, says Ned Davis Research. The Wall Street firm said the top 10 names by market cap in the All Country World Index now account for nearly one-fifth, or 19%, of the value of the benchmark — a new record in terms of concentration, according to a Monday note. Not only are all U.S.
"Will the current concentration lead to an outcome reminiscent of 2020 or is it the precursor of a bear market, as in 2000 and 2021?" asked Tim Hayes, chief global investment strategist at the firm, in the research note. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500 YTD Investors will have to watch carefully how stocks navigate seasonal challenges in September to answer that question. If the current uptrend manages to hold, then equities could repeat 2020 and continue to climb.