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• If you are wondering whether BlackRock’s current share price still reflects its long term potential, it helps to start by looking closely at what the market has been willing to pay for the stock recently.

• The share price closed at US$974.58, with returns of 3.3% over the last 7 days, a 10.9% decline over 30 days, a 10.2% decline year to date, a 3.2% gain over 1 year, a 61.3% gain over 3 years, and a 44.9% gain over 5 years. Taken together, these figures give mixed signals about momentum and risk perception.

• These moves have played out against a steady flow of…