The 2024 stock market was the most narrow stock market seen since the Great Depression, with dominance concentrated in seven to ten companies (Magnificent Seven), which represents a pessimistic view of future growth prospects because such concentration only makes economic sense during depressions when survival, not growth, is the focus.

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Richard Bernstein

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Goldman Sachs pointed out that 2024's stock market was the most narrow stock market we had seen since the Great Depression [4:10]

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The Colossal Mistake | The Danger of Narrow Markets — Practical Lessons from Richard BernsteinExcess Returns
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:31:42 AM

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