The reason many physicians might want to
become equity index investors is because it is the absolute know nothing, do nothing investment strategy around.
Not exact matches
When performance relative to the other senior currency (the euro) and the world's most important
equity index (the S&P 500) are taken into account it
becomes clear that the gold market has been weak.
In 2009 the E-mini overtook the large S&P 500 to
become the larger portion of the
equity index futures market.
Just after quarter end, this unease
became reflected in
equity markets both abroad and in the United States, as rapidly declining oil prices and a rising U.S. dollar drove both U.S. and international market
indices off their previous highs.
Today, I'm going to take a look at one relatively new entrant in what has
become a bit of a crowded fields: the iShares High Dividend
Equity Fund ($ HDV), which tracks the Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus
Index.
When performance relative to the other senior currency (the euro) and the world's most important
equity index (the S&P 500) are taken into account it
becomes clear that the gold market has been weak.
The high yield market has had a positive correlation with
equity markets for many years when comparing the percentage change in spreads (over Treasuries) for key high yield
indices vs. the percentage change in level for
equities, and this correlation has
become even more pronounced since the global financial crisis.
Given the chart above, the differences between transparent active and strategic beta
equity -
index ETFs have
become even more negligible!
The IFA
Indexes Times Series Construction goes back to January 1928 and consistently reflects a tilt towards small cap and value
equities over time, with an increasing diversification to international markets, emerging markets and real estate investment trusts as data
became available.
Index Portfolio 100 was held the same as it has been since 2000 and
became the only 100 percent
equity portfolio in the NEW
Index Portfolios.