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Celebrating 30 Years of the S&P Composite 1500
Launched on May 18, 1995, the S&P Composite 1500® (the S&P 1500™) celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday. Designed for investors looking to replicate the performance of the U.S. equity market or to benchmark against a representative universe of tradeable stocks, the S&P 1500 combines the S&P 500®, S&P MidCap 400® and S&P SmallCap 600® indices…
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The Market Measure
Explore the dynamics that drove performance trends around the world in 2024 as well as the potential implications of all-time highs for market participants.
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The Taxing Effect of Taxes
“Be thankful I don’t take it all, cause I’m the taxman.” George Harrison (The Beatles) in “Taxman” For over 20 years, S&P Dow Jones Indices has compared index performance against actively managed funds and published the results in the SPIVA® Scorecards. Active funds have often struggled to match the returns of capitalization-weighted benchmarks like the…
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How Sector Neutrality Influences Risk/Return in S&P Dividend Aristocrats
What are the potential benefits of a sector neutral approach to S&P Dividend Aristocrats? S&P DJI’s Rupert Watts and State Street Global Advisors’ Colin Ireland explore the construction and range of potential applications for the S&P Sector-Neutral High Yield Dividend Aristocrats.
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Magnificent Mid Caps and Sensational Small Caps
U.S. equities rose in 2023, with the mega-cap “Magnificent Seven” driving most of the S&P Composite 1500®’s 25% gain. While mega caps continued to outperform in January 2024, not all seven of the aforementioned group ranked highly. This has led to some market commentators looking to coin new phrases: “Sensational Six” or “Super Six” (the…
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