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Journal of Indexes: Alternative index weighting

May / June 2006
Editor's Note

Editor's Note

by Journal of Indexes Staff

Articles

Worth The Weight?

by Steven Schoenfeld and Robert Ginis

Tackling the terminology—and examining the data—behind alternatively weighted indexes.

The Best Of Both Worlds

by David Morris, Thomas Leake

Can indexes deliver lower costs onto the fallow field of active management? The authors say yes.

Yield To Investors?

by Paul Kaplan and Sanjay Arya

Dividend indexes for the masses: Arya and Kaplan build scalable dividend benchmarks.

Is Indexing Ready For The 21st Century? Part II

by Gary Gastineau

Gastineau's got the secret for fixing the indexing industry. Here's a hint: You won't hear it coming.

The Emperor’s New Clothes

by Michka Kovats

Champagne tastes on a Bud Light budget? No matter: You can replicate hedge fund performance using ETFs.

Shame on the Sham

by Ron Surz

Don’t listen to peer (group) pressure in hedge fund comparisons. Monte Carlo is where the money is.

Talking Indexes

by David Blitzer

Rising nationalism threatens to deep-six globalization, and take our prosperity with it.

Bogle's Corner

by John Bogle

Bogle asks: Is your fund manager earning a return on your capital ... or theirs?

Index Crossword Puzzle

by Myles Mellor

Contributors