Economy

S.E.C. gave index funds authority to operate in nondiversified way if disclosed to shareholders and market became nondiversified

Benchmarks of those funds remain same

Fidelity Investments sent letter saying Fidelity 500 and Fidelity Total Market were operating as nondiversified funds since Nov 10

Market concentration was commonplace until 1967 according to Vanguard Investment Advisory Research Center analysis

Market will become diversified again if biggest stocks decline more rapidly than smaller stocks

Microsoft accounted for 6.2 percent

You may be taking greater risk than you realize even if you are diversifying investments

Nvidia made up 7.8 percent of market on Dec 31 2025

U.S. stock market has become so concentrated that even broad index funds are no longer well diversified

A handful of companies like Nvidia Microsoft Alphabet and Apple have been driving stock returns

Situation has changed for first time since advent of widely available index funds in 1970s

S&P 500 index funds contain several stocks that each account for more than 5 percent of index

Apple accounted for 6.9 percent of index

Proposed settlement will require Brookside to end many of the financial incentives tied to its traffic enforcement such as repealing its fee to retrieve towed cars

Implications could be sweeping with over 83 million construction workers in America as of January

To date the company has collected 1400 tons of plastic and fishing nets more than 700 tons of which has been processed

Ms Rodríguez Solá said they are showing that plastic can have a second life and businesses can profit while protecting the environment

European regulations on transporting waste across borders forced the company to source local recycling partners in Italy and Greece

Cutting machines drill panels transforming them into decorative letters industrial pieces and furniture

The initiative supports waste collectors recycling facilities and manufacturers