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Avoid Unintended Stock Market Bets by Understanding Benchmarks

Philip Murphy
Index Committee Chair, Americas Index Governance
S&P Dow Jones Indices
October 2, 2017 - 9:00 am
Category: Equities, Factors

In a recent Financial Planning article,[1] Craig Israelsen advocated using stock market size segments to construct portfolios rather than a total market approach.  His conclusion may be perfectly valid for market participants willing and able to bear greater small-stock exposure, but his analysis fails to adequately take account of this source of risk.  He compared Read more […]

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Getting What You Pay For

Craig Lazzara
Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy
S&P Dow Jones Indices
July 3, 2013 - 2:31 pm
Category: Equities, S&P 500 & DJIA, Strategy

Today’s Wall Street Journal, among others, reported on a recent study by the Maryland Public Policy Institute arguing that the public pension funds which pay the highest fees haven’t reaped the highest investment returns.  In fact, the study shows, it’s just the opposite — for the 5 years ended June 2012, the 10 states which Read more […]

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