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Feb 7, 2017

Reid SteadmanManaging Director, Global Head of ESGS&P Dow Jones Indices

Index Basics: Calculating an Index’s Total Return

Total return indices deserve more attention. They more closely represent what an investor actually takes home: the return of an index, plus dividends paid and reinvested in the index. Their better-known counterparts, which only track price changes in securities—often called “price return indices”1—get all the fanfare (see “Dow Hits 20,000 for the First Time”). Total…

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DJIA, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, The Dow, total return

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Equities

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DJIA, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, The Dow, total return

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Craig Lazzara Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy

Kevin Horan Director, Fixed Income Indices

Tim Edwards Managing Director, Index Investment Strategy

Fei Mei Chan Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hamish Preston Associate Director, U.S. Equity Indices

Berlinda Liu Director, Global Research & Design

Phillip Brzenk Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Koel Ghosh Head of South Asia

Philip Murphy Managing Director, Global Head of Index Governance

Fiona Boal Head of Commodities and Real Assets

Aye Soe Managing Director, Global Head of Product Management

Howard Silverblatt Senior Index Analyst, Product Management

Anu Ganti Senior Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hong Xie Senior Director, Global Research & Design

Michael Orzano Senior Director, Global Equity Indices

Jim Wiederhold Associate Director, Commodities and Real Assets

Shaun Wurzbach Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Advisor Channel

Akash Jain Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Jamie Farmer Chief Commercial Officer

John Welling Director, Equity Indices

Reid Steadman Managing Director, Global Head of ESG

Jaime Merino Director, Asset Owners Channel

Maria Sanchez Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Ved Malla Associate Director, Client Coverage

Bill Hao Director, Global Research & Design

Jason Giordano Director, Fixed Income, Product Management

Tianyin Cheng Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Silvia Kitchener Director, Global Equity Indices, Latin America

Qing Li Director, Global Research & Design

Rupert Watts Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Priscilla Luk Managing Director, Global Research & Design, APAC

Liyu Zeng Director, Global Research & Design

Ben Leale-Green Senior Analyst, Research & Design, ESG Indices

Michael Mell Senior Director, Custom Indices

Stuart Magrath Senior Director, Channel Management, Australia and New Zealand

Izzy Wang Analyst, Strategy Indices

Brian Luke Global Head of Fixed Income Indices

Andrew Innes Head of EMEA, Global Research & Design

Mona Naqvi Senior Director, Head of ESG Product Strategy, North America

Smita Chirputkar Director, Global Research & Design

Louis Bellucci Senior Director, Index Governance

Arpit Gupta Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Rachel Du Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Sherifa Issifu Associate, Index Investment Strategy

Melody Duan Analyst, Global Research & Design

Craig Lazzara Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy

Kevin Horan Director, Fixed Income Indices

Tim Edwards Managing Director, Index Investment Strategy

Fei Mei Chan Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hamish Preston Associate Director, U.S. Equity Indices

Berlinda Liu Director, Global Research & Design

Phillip Brzenk Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Koel Ghosh Head of South Asia

Philip Murphy Managing Director, Global Head of Index Governance

Fiona Boal Head of Commodities and Real Assets

Aye Soe Managing Director, Global Head of Product Management

Howard Silverblatt Senior Index Analyst, Product Management

Anu Ganti Senior Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hong Xie Senior Director, Global Research & Design

Michael Orzano Senior Director, Global Equity Indices

Jim Wiederhold Associate Director, Commodities and Real Assets

Shaun Wurzbach Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Advisor Channel

Akash Jain Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Jamie Farmer Chief Commercial Officer

John Welling Director, Equity Indices

Reid Steadman Managing Director, Global Head of ESG

Jaime Merino Director, Asset Owners Channel

Maria Sanchez Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Ved Malla Associate Director, Client Coverage

Bill Hao Director, Global Research & Design

Jason Giordano Director, Fixed Income, Product Management

Tianyin Cheng Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Silvia Kitchener Director, Global Equity Indices, Latin America

Qing Li Director, Global Research & Design

Rupert Watts Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Priscilla Luk Managing Director, Global Research & Design, APAC

Liyu Zeng Director, Global Research & Design

Ben Leale-Green Senior Analyst, Research & Design, ESG Indices

Michael Mell Senior Director, Custom Indices

Stuart Magrath Senior Director, Channel Management, Australia and New Zealand

Izzy Wang Analyst, Strategy Indices

Brian Luke Global Head of Fixed Income Indices

Andrew Innes Head of EMEA, Global Research & Design

Mona Naqvi Senior Director, Head of ESG Product Strategy, North America

Smita Chirputkar Director, Global Research & Design

Louis Bellucci Senior Director, Index Governance

Arpit Gupta Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Rachel Du Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Sherifa Issifu Associate, Index Investment Strategy