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Journal of Indexes: The Nuts And Bolts Of Indexing

3rd Quarter 2002
Editor's Note

Editor's Note

by Journal of Indexes Staff

Articles

The Case For Core Earnings

by David Blitzer

The author addresses the lack of trust in U.S. market and proposes the adoption of S&P Core Earnings standard. Q&A With David Blitzer

Index Fund Management

by Barb Piatt, David Weisenburger

What does it take to manage an index fund? The authors examine the tools of the trade and discuss how they are used.

Seeing The Forest For The Trees

by Michael Lane and Larry Swedroe

The authors maintain that focusing on the basics of asset allocation and low-cost tax-efficient portfolio management is the key.

Diamonds In The Rough

by Jim Novakoff

The ten keys to ETF porfolio management are revealed in this hands-on article, which discusses available ETFs and how to use them.

What Lies Beneath

by Heather Bell

Get an insiders look under the hood of index construction and maintenance and learn how different index providers manage it.
News
iShares Fixed-Income ETFs Win Approval
Patricia Dunn of BGI Steps Down
Gastineau and FITRs Leave Nuveen
S&P Launches Hedge Fund and ADR Indexes
First Four NYSE Indexes Launched
Lipper Introduces Peer Indexes
CBOE Launches First Buy-Write Index
Dow Jones Update
MSCI Concludes Move To Free Float
FTSE/Russell Latest
Around The World Of ETFs
Stats
Exchange-Traded Funds Corner
Largest U.S. Index Mutual Funds Ranked By Assets
U.S. Mutual Fund Assets By Underlying Index
Selected Major Indexes
Contributors

Contributors