Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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Retail market structure refers to the number of companies that sell similar or identical products in the same geographical area. An oligopoly describes a small group of companies that collude to raise ...

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Linde plc is the leader in the oligopolistic industrial gases market. The on-site nature of the business and a low distribution radius form a natural moat for companies operating in the industrial ...