A coordinated push towards global market diversification is urgently needed to shield savers from a potentially dangerous valuation correction in highly concentrated US equities, a former World Bank official has warned.Speaking at an event in Hong Kong on Thursday, Ian Goldin, the former World Bank vice-president, now a professor of globalisation and development at Oxford University, said the growing concentration of capital in a handful of highly valued US technology companies had left investors worldwide vulnerable to a market correction.“The very inflated valuations of companies increasingly biasing the New York Stock Exchange towards a very small group of companies, which under no possible circumstances could be generating revenues commensurate with their valuations, is a worrying trend,” Goldin said at the Sina Finance Global Capital Summit.
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Ex-World Bank official warns to diversify away from US markets, people ‘will suffer’
Former World Bank vice-president and Oxford professor Ian Goldin has warned that a global market diversification is urgently needed. Speaking in Hong Kong on Thursday at the Sina Finance Global Capital Summit, Goldin expressed concern over the increasing concentration of capital in a small number of highly valued US technology companies.
Daisy WuSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-16 · 08:01 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Former World Bank vice-president and Oxford professor Ian Goldin has warned that a global market diversification is urgently needed. Speaking in Hong Kong on Thursday at the Sina Finance Global Capital Summit, Goldin expressed concern over the increasing concentration of capital in a small number of highly valued US technology companies. He stated that these inflated valuations, which he believes are not supported by commensurate revenues, make investors worldwide vulnerable to a significant market correction. Goldin argued that this trend could lead to suffering for savers if a correction occurs.
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The very inflated valuations of companies increasingly biasing the New York Stock Exchange towards a very small group of companies, which under no possible circumstances could be generating revenues commensurate with their valuations, is a worrying trend.
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The growing concentration of capital in a handful of highly valued US technology companies has left investors worldwide vulnerable to a market correction.
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A coordinated push towards global market diversification is urgently needed to shield savers from a potentially dangerous valuation correction in highly concentrated US equities.
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People will suffer if global market diversification is not pursued.
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