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How Big Tech Broke Smaller-Company Investing

“The behemoths of the stock market have become so big that they’re distorting gauges that define company size. CRSP’s definition of large stocks includes those in the top 85% of the entire market. The norm from other index providers is to count stocks from the biggest down and define those after a certain number as small.”

Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.

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