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Journal of Indexes:

2nd Quarter 2002
Articles

You Call That Style?

by Diane Garnick

A proposal for new style indexes in which growth and value indexes are determined independently of each other.

Index Rex

by Gus Sauter

The author unveils a methodology that seeks to incorporate the collective decisions of fund mangers into investable benchmarks.

Silence Is Golden

by Gary Gastineau

Indexes that seek to minimize index effect by limiting transparency. They are dubbed Silent Indexes.

The Not-So-Perfect Index

by Peter Jankovskis

A chronicle of the drift away from the Russell 2000, with evidence that small-cap active management has no advantage over large.

Perfection Impossible

by Steven Schoenfeld

Discussion of the tradeoffs involved in index selection as well as some of the problems of proposed innovations.
News
MSCI and S&P Announce GICS Revisions
S&P Launches New S&P 1000 Index
Red Herring and MSCI Launch New Index
From Dow Jones Indexes
Single Stock QQQ Futures?
SEC Comment Period for Actively-Managed ETFs Ends
Around the World of ETFs
FTSE Announces Hang Seng Alliance
Nasdaq Signals Intention To Trade ETFs
NYSE Begins Trading 27 Additional AMEX-Listed ETFs
STOXX Issues Exclusive U.S. ETF License to UBS
Morningstar To Enter Index Business
New York Stock Exchange Also To Launch Indexes
Big Board May Buy The AMEX
Nasdaq Unveils Socially Responsible Index
Domini Social Equity Fund Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Vanguard Group Launches Extended Market VIPERs
Stats
Top Exchange Traded Funds by Assets
U.S. Mutual Funds Assets By Underlying Index
Top US Mutual Funds by Assets