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Global outlook for stocks brightens: active investing could juice more gains

Essential findings from the Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2024
March 4, 2024
  • US market is one of the least concentrated
  • Authors say we have exited the low-return world

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it can come close to rhyming. How to balance risk given the dominance of US equities in the global stock market is a key question for any investor, especially after the most recent bull run driven by artificial intelligence (AI), which has driven the spectacular performance of stocks such as Microsoft (US:MSFT) and Nvidia (US:NVDA)

But data from the new edition of the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook (formerly a Credit Suisse publication) shows the US market is among the least concentrated globally. 

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