To succeed at investing, you need to get the big decisions right. But the details matter too. We explore ten under-appreciated aspects of stock markets that, while seemingly trivial, can greatly affect your returns.

We look at everything from index construction to valuation measures to platform fees.

And in today’s Dumb Question of the Week: Why do global index funds use market-cap weighting rather than GDP?

Selected links

• Tech Company Dilution: Finding Ground Truth
• Stock Market vs. GDP Share, by Country (1900-2022) | Visual Capitalist

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