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Marco Zhang

Quantitative Analyst, Index Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Marco Zhang is a Quantitative Analyst, Index Investment Strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). The Index Investment Strategy team provides research and commentary on the entire S&P DJI product set, including U.S. and global equities, commodities, fixed income and economic indices.
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Jul 3, 2026

The Taiwan Paradox: Balancing Concentration Risk with Global Diversification

Few economies are as deeply embedded in the global technology supply chain as Taiwan. Its highly sophisticated chip manufacturing network benefits from demand across a broad range of high-value end markets, from AI infrastructure and data centers to smartphones and electric vehicles. This positioning has propelled the S&P Taiwan BMI to an average annualized gain…

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Mar 17, 2026

The Takaichi Trade: How Dispersion Shaped Japanese Active Funds’ Fortunes

Amid a strong year for global equities in 2025, the latest SPIVA® Japan Scorecard showed that most active funds in Japan struggled to outperform their assigned benchmarks. An interesting finding in the report was the striking difference in relative performance between actively managed Japanese Large-Cap funds and Japanese Mid-/Small-Cap funds. Just 49% of Japanese Large-Cap…

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