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Heavy Weights: The Real Story Behind Current Market Concentration

Financial Symmetry

This means that the expansion of valuation multiples, like price-to-earnings (P/E), has played a big role.2 For current valuations to be justified for the Mag 7 and large growth stocks more broadly, very large earnings growth will have to continue. 3 So, as investors, what can we do about it within our portfolios?

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Strategy of the Week: A Small Cap Growth Model Inspired by The Motley Fool’s David & Tom Gardner

Validea

The Gardners dubbed this the “Fool Ratio” and use it to identify growth stocks trading at reasonable valuations. Performance Overview (July 15, 2003 – 2025 YTD) Since inception, the Small Cap Growth Investor (Fool inspired) Portfolio has returned 13.2% Year Fool Portfolio S&P 500 +/- S&P 2003 (7/15/2003) 19.8%

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Transcript: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

Velina Peneva : I think that the, the clients understand that when you’re thinking about portfolio construction, you can have only so much allocation to a given geography redundancy to a different industry sector. 00:24:54 [Speaker Changed] So what was the 2019 promotion? From 2019 till when? Velina Peneva : Absolutely.

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Wow, have you seen the stock market lately?

Mr. Money Mustache

S&P returns (including dividends) since 2019, graph by the excellent portfolio visualizer website. Which makes the landlord business a lot less profitable, and we should expect exactly the same thing as stock investor: lower future profits as a percentage of our portfolio value. Now back to the stock market.

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Market Commentary: Some Favorite Charts from 2024 and a New Congress Is Sworn In

Carson Wealth

Another theme we hear is that stock gains have been driven by valuations (multiples growth) where investors are simply willing to pay more for a dollar of profits. A diversified portfolio does not assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.

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Market Commentary: Seven Important Things to Remember In 2025

Carson Wealth

Valuations Are a Poor Short-Term Timing Indicator Do you like buying things when they are pricey? There is virtually no proof that high (or low) valuations can predict what stocks might do the following year. Rather than making investing decisions based on valuations, you are better off investing in days that end in y if you ask me.

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Market Commentary: Investment Takeaways as Tariffs Take Their Toll on Markets

Carson Wealth

But what we do know is that with every decline, more risk has already been priced in and stock valuations have become cheaper compared to their longer-term earnings potential. A diversified portfolio at an appropriate risk tolerance remains the best path in this kind of environment. What About Markets, and Portfolios?