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Journal of Indexes: Black gold, texas tea

January / February 2006
Editor's Note

Editor's Note

by Journal of Indexes Staff

Articles

Black Gold, Texas Tea

by John Serrapere

The era of cheap energy is over. Serrapere tells you why, and more importantly, what to do about it.

Tapping Into Oil

by Matt Hougan

If oil is scarce, then investors will want to own it: Hougan surveys the available options.

Provisionally Speaking

by Kelly Haughton

Russell makes an end-run around the “index effect” with its new provisional and legacy indexes.

New Frontiers In Index Investing

by Jason Hsu and Carmen Campollo

Market cap weighting is so 1990s. Hsu and Campollo say their method is "fundamentally" better.

An Interview with Mark Makepeace

by Journal of Indexes Staff

Makepeace is molding FTSE into a major player in the U.S.; he discusses the company’s long-term strategy.

Building The Best Index

by David Blanchett

In his study, the author finds a surprise winner in the battle between equal and market-cap weighting.

Talking Indexes

by David Blitzer

Everyone follows the S&P 500, but most people don’t own index funds.What are they looking at?

Bogle’s Corner

by John Bogle

Index icon John Bogle weighs in on scandalous practices in mutual fund marketing.

The Curmudgeon

by Brad Zigler

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