“In the boom years of the 1950s, the 10 biggest companies, including AT&T, DuPont, and General Motors, regularly exceeded 30% of the value of all U.S. stocks. In July 1955, GM alone—up 78% over the previous 12 months—amounted to 6.8% of the value of the entire U.S. stock market, according to the Center for Research in Security Prices.”
Read the full article at the Wall Street Journal.
In Business Insider’s latest feature, CRSP data highlights the 27 best-performing stocks of the past century. Hendrik Bessembinder’s research, using CRSP’s historical stock data, showcases enduring growth stories from
CRSP continues with it’s monthly series for October 2024.
As communicated previously, CRSP is migrating to a new back office. This requires that subscribers migrate to the Stock & Indexes Flat File Format 2.0 (CIZ), which was made available in summer 2022. The December 2024 data which will be released in January 2025, is scheduled to be the last release of datasets produced in the Legacy (FIZ) and Flat File Format 1.0 (SIZ) formats. Subscribers may refer to several documents to become familiar with the Flat File Format 2.0 (CIZ) files.
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