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Regimes, Reversals and Risk
The S&P 500® gained 15% in Q2 2026, posting its best quarter since Q2 2020. The steady drumbeat of AI-related enthusiasm propelled the market upward despite numerous obstacles, including the war with Iran, rising inflation and fears of Fed rate hikes. However, the start of Q3 has been rocky, with a sharp sell-off in chipmakers,…
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Beyond Mega Caps: Exploring the S&P 500 Ex-S&P 100 Select Index
Introduction The representation of S&P 100® companies in the S&P 500® has grown over the past two decades: the blue-chip subset of The 500™ accounted for 70% of the large-cap U.S. equity benchmark’s weight at the end of June 2025, up from 45% at the end of 1998. However, market participants may find it beneficial…
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The Impact of Size on Active Management Performance in 2017: Part 1
U.S. equity markets finished 2017 on a strong note, with the S&P 500® returning 21.83% during the one-year period ending on Dec. 31, 2017. This was followed by the S&P MidCap 400® and S&P SmallCap 600® returning 16.24% and 13.23%, respectively. Despite market-cap weighting being a dominant form of indexing, equal weighting has outperformed on…
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