How Large-Growth Funds Are Navigating Their Concentrated Universe
What does the rising number of nondiversified mutual funds mean for risk?
Robby Greengold
Robby Greengold is a strategist for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He covers equity strategies from asset managers including Fidelity, PGIM Investments, and Ivy Funds.
Greengold worked in corporate finance and investment research roles prior to joining Morningstar in 2017. He holds a bachelor's degree in music composition from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Master of Business Administration from the Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
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