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Rallies, Records and Relentless Restlessness: A Tale of Markets in 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, U.S. large caps boast impressive gains: after a rocky start that saw a 19% drawdown, the S&P 500® is up 18% including dividends, as of Dec. 12, significantly above its annualized total return of 10.8% since inception in 1957. The U.S. bellwether also recorded 37 all-time highs this year….
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Still Quality by Design: A Deep Dive into the Recent Performance of the S&P SmallCap 600
Prior to the start of 2025, the S&P SmallCap 600® outperformed the Russell 2000—another prominent small-cap U.S. equity index—in 20 of the full calendar years to December 2024. However, the S&P SmallCap 600 has underperformed the Russell 2000 by 9% YTD, putting it on track to record its worst year of relative performance since its…
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Indicization Nation
To indicize means to provide, in passive form, a strategy formerly available only via active management. Until the early 1970s, there were no index funds; all assets were managed actively. The shift of assets from active to passive management is one of the most important trends in modern financial history. Our recent Annual Survey of…
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Quality by Design: A Deep Dive into the S&P SmallCap 600
The S&P SmallCap 600® represents the U.S. small-cap equity market by tracking companies that meet specific liquidity and financial viability criteria. While both the S&P 600® and Russell 2000 target this segment, their performance has diverged significantly. Since 1994, the S&P 600—built on a rules-based methodology—has consistently outperformed the Russell 2000, delivering a 1.6% higher…
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Seeking Quality within Quality
Despite emerging geopolitical tensions, U.S. equities have staged a dramatic comeback over the past quarter, with the S&P 500® up 9% QTD through June 25, 2025, fueled by robust corporate earnings from Big Tech. Meanwhile, with the impending Russell reconstitution,1 the market’s mind has shifted toward smaller caps, which have had a more challenging time, with…
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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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Stock Pickers and Style Bias
The results from our SPIVA U.S. Year-End 2024 Scorecard demonstrate another challenging year for active managers, with 65% of U.S. large-cap funds underperforming the S&P 500®, slightly above the report’s 24-year historical average of 64%. But small-cap managers fared significantly better, with only 30% of small-cap funds underperforming the S&P SmallCap 600®, the lowest underperformance…
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Beyond Large Caps: Exploring the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600
The S&P Composite 1500® serves as a benchmark for the U.S. equity market, aggregating the performance of large caps, mid caps and small caps. While the S&P 500® has global relevance, there is a universe beyond the S&P 500 that market participants sometimes overlook. The mid- and small-cap segments, as measured by the S&P MidCap…
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Do Active Funds Outperform in Less-Efficient Markets?
Active managers sometimes tout their ability to select stocks in markets that are considered less informationally efficient and those that offer larger rewards to successful stock pickers. Smaller companies and those in emerging markets are typically presented as examples. What are the grounds for debate, and what do over 20 years of SPIVA® Scorecards tell…
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Diversifying Exceptionalism
Despite recent sharp U.S. market declines after the Federal Reserve signaled fewer than expected rate cuts, much of recent year-end market commentary has been focused on U.S. exceptionalism and the divergence of U.S. equities compared to the rest of the world. The S&P 500® was up 24.8% YTD through Dec. 18, 2024, reaching 57 all-time…
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