Rise of Institutional Investors Raises Questions of Collusion

(New York Times) BlackRock, Vanguard and other big institutional investors own roughly 70 percent of the public stock market, according to some reports. People are starting to ask whether this allows companies — now having the same owners — to compete less and raise prices….These are not the typical antitrust violations where one company buys a rival and is able to squeeze out competition and raise prices. Instead, these institutional shareholder positions are….

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