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Global equity markets were always concentrated. The U.S. is just catching up.

Rising U.S. equity concentration is real, but a global view shows it is not unique - and international diversification does not automatically reduce concentration risk.

Sanjeev Pati, CFAFounder, Scatterplot

June 18, 2026 · 7 min read

Understanding Recency Bias: What U.S. Equity Returns Reveal About Investor Expectations

Exploring Recency Bias in Investors Using Recent and Long-Term U.S. Equity Data.

Sanjeev Pati, CFA

July 6, 2026 · 4 min read

Investment Foundations

Why Market Timing Is So Hard: 70% of the best days in the market land near the worst ones

Market timing is hard. Since 1993, 70% of the S&P 500's ten best trading days occurred within 20 days of one of its ten worst trading days, making it difficult to capture one without being exposed to the other.