The IShares Select Dividend ETF uses a weighting by dividend per - share
rather than market capitalization, which provides more exposure to small and mid-cap stocks.
By weighting securities in broad market indices based on revenue
rather than market capitalization, the fundamentally weighted strategies offer the opportunity to reduce overexposure to potentially overpriced sectors and stocks while still providing the broad diversification of an index.
A skeptical look at the new breed of «indexers» who focus on weighting portfolios by fundamental factors, such as dividends and cash flows,
rather than market capitalizations.
Not exact matches
Unlike in the U.S., Chinese companies tend to access capital through bank lending
rather than through equity
markets, though the Chinese government is trying to encourage greater equity
market capitalization via reforms.
For example, the chart below compares the S&P 500 Index to the same 500 component stocks, but weighted equally
rather than by
market capitalization.
We size our positions based on our assessment of risk and return
rather than basing that decision on
market capitalization.
The weights are based on the total
market capitalization of the stock
markets in each region (
rather than «GDP weighted») as of Oct. 2011, with an adjustment to force Canada to 20 % of the equity portfolio.
The companies in the index are equal weighted,
rather than weighted by
market capitalization.
This ETF, based on a proprietary WisdomTree index, includes dividend - paying stocks at all cap levels — but weights those holdings by cash dividends
rather than by
market capitalization.
KPMG found that some factors were highly correlated with success (for example, paying with cash,
rather than using stock or cash and stock) and others were not statistically significant (surprisingly,
market capitalization).
The earliest and most widely adopted forms of smart beta have been equity index portfolios that are weighted by factors such as price to earnings or dividend yield,
rather than by traditional
market capitalization.
For example, the chart below compares the S&P 500 Index to the same 500 component stocks, but weighted equally
rather than by
market capitalization.
Rather than relying on
market capitalization, fundamentally weighted indexes assign proportions based on a company's fundamentals, such as its dividend payout, free cash flow, book value and total sales.
This means that a member stock's last sale price as well as the number of sharesthat can actually be traded (
rather than the company's full
market capitalization) influence the index.