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Nick Didio

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

Nick Didio is a Quantitative Associate, 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 16, 2026

Choppy Chips

The U.S. market has been buffeted by swings in the performance of semiconductor companies, as investors have become increasingly anxious about the outlook for the tech sector and whether a regime change is in store. The choppiness has been global in nature, sparked by a steep sell-off in Korean chipmakers, with the S&P Korea BMI…

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Nov 12, 2025

SPIVA Mid-Year 2025 Results Around the World

For more than 20 years, S&P DJI’s SPIVA® (S&P Indices Versus Active) Scorecards have been evaluating active funds’ performance against their appropriate benchmarks on a biannual basis. The results of our regional SPIVA Scorecards continue to show that active outperformance is rare, especially over the long term.1 Spanning across 11 regions, 54% of all equity…

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Jul 29, 2025

Insurance Idiosyncrasies

The publication of the 10th annual report on exchange-traded fund (ETF) usage in U.S. insurance general accounts explores insurer ETF usage and its evolution over the past 20 years. At year-end 2024, 623 insurance companies collectively held USD 39.3 billion in ETFs. ETF AUM held by insurance companies in 2024 increased by over 14% compared…

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May 22, 2025

SPIVA Around the World

S&P DJI’s SPIVA (S&P Indices versus Active) Scorecards have been measuring active funds’ performance against appropriate benchmarks for over 20 years. With the release of the SPIVA Asia Ex-Japan Year-End 2024 Scorecard, our latest regional addition, all 11 regional SPIVA Scorecards tracking fund performance in 2024 are now available. 2024 was another challenging year for…

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