The dominance of today’s largest companies, particularly tech giants like Apple and Microsoft, has led to heightened market concentration. However, C WorldWide Asset Management notes this trend is not unique historically, as similar dynamics emerged in the 1960s. Today’s “Superscalers”, as the asset manager calls them, reach unprecedented size due to digital platforms, consumer networks, and global markets.

Yet, “challenges such as increased regulation, geopolitical shifts, and faster technological changes mean that maintaining dominance will require adaptability and constant reinvention” for those companies.

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