The S&P MidCap 400
Pure Growth also adds alpha, particularly with a falling dollar, since the index is more heavily weighted towards information technology.
Not exact matches
But stocks are not a
pure investment in
growth; they
also bring exposure to volatility, which has been exceptionally low by historical standards.
Or that their
growth figures are
pure fantasy, the cuts reduce output but
also actually result in increased spending, the debt goes up instead of down, and that we end up in a double - dip recession (or worse)?
This is why I
also transitioned from
pure index investing to dividend
growth investing.
This observed rebalancing effect
also holds for the market portfolio; indexing to maintain it appropriately (e.g., the top 1,000 stocks ranked by market capitalization) will reduce its dividend - related return components, although not as significantly as it will for
pure growth portfolios.
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