Tag Archives: multi-asset

S&P MARC 5% ER 2018 Performance: Diversification and Allocation Provide Stability

Senior Director, Strategy & Volatility Indices

S&P Dow Jones Indices

January 17, 2019 - 10:55 am

Despite a rocky start and end to 2018 that negatively affected the performance of all the asset classes within the S&P MARC 5% Excess Return (ER) Index,[1] the index maintained a relatively stable performance throughout the year, although it ended the year in red. When you look at the asset classes in the S&P MARC Read more […]

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diversification, gold, risk control, S&P MARC 5% ER, strategy

Q4 2018 Performance Review for the S&P Risk Parity Indices

Rupert Watts

Director, Strategy Indices

S&P Dow Jones Indices

January 8, 2019 - 11:46 am

Category: Strategy

As the ball dropped this New Year’s Eve, most investors were more than happy to bid adieu to what proved to be a volatile end to 2018. The fourth quarter began with the October sell-off, which was just the start of a highly volatile quarter. The S&P 500® fell almost 7% in October alone, with Read more […]

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institutional investor, managed volatility, risk parity, S&P Risk Parity Indices, strategy

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