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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

While the universe of companies is diverse, with approximately half of all firms from emerging markets, it is more concentrated in market capitalization, with the US accounting for 40% of global market capitalization at the start of the year.

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

I also have quirks in how I compute widely used statistics like accounting returns on capital or debt ratios, and I will stay with those quirks, no matter what the accounting rule writers say. will reflect the most recent quarterly accounting filing. Insider, CEO & Institutional holdings 2. Aggregate operating numbers 3.