Three firms dominate the target date fund market, constituting an oligopoly. One firm – Vanguard – owns 72% of the passive TDF market, constituting a monopoly. Oligopolies and monopolies are bad. They ...

As the IndiGo chaos enters Day 8, the crisis has sparked a national debate on market power in Indian aviation. This feature ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of ...

The normally rather good David Cay Johnston has a rather puzzling piece about the Charter, Time Warner possible deal going on. It's puzzling because he's right that monopolies are not something that ...

As markets mature, they trend toward oligopoly or even outright monopoly. There isn’t much difference, because an oligopoly has several members instead of just one. Examples include electric power ...

How does one reconcile a belief in the power of economic dynamism — that it takes “maximum competitive intensity” in business to really drive growth and innovation — with a deep skepticism that what ...

Capitalism is a free market system that is supposed to promote competition. In capitalist theory, competition leads to innovation and more affordable prices for consumers. Without competition, a ...

First, let's go over the conventional understanding of a monopoly, compare it to an oligopoly, and then compare that to a cartel, so that we're all on the same page. A monopoly, conventionally and ...

Put on the market a few years ago by famed old Parker Bros. Inc. was a game called Monopoly, ingeniously designed to appeal to the baldest acquisitive instincts. It was an instantaneous success. Last ...

The Liberal government has approved a grain industry merger that will further reduce competition and grow a monopoly. Viterra silos. Credit: Michael Coghlan / Flickr Credit: Michael Coghlan / Flickr ...