Part of this disparity has to do with the nature of index construction in the fixed income category. (horizonsetfs.com)
Smart beta defines a set of investment strategies that emphasize the use of alternative index construction rules to traditional market capitalization based indices. (nylinvestments.com)
Due to continual monetary inflation in the fiat money system and the «survivor bias» inherent in stock market index construction, nominal stock prices are rising 67 % of the time. (acting-man.com)