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Tracking Next Gen Factors across Economic Regimes
Why does index methodology matter when evaluating the next generation of factor solutions? S&P DJI’s Elizabeth Bebb and Xtrackers’ Sturmius Schneider explore the metrics powering the next generation of S&P 500 factor indices and how these new tools are helping inform market participants applying factors strategically and tactically.
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Big Tech, Breadth and Balance
U.S. equity markets have been whipsawed in the past few days, with initial optimism surrounding Big Tech earnings powering the S&P 500® to an intraday high, and subsequent disappointing reactions to earnings coupled with the Fed’s decision to hold rates steady leading to a sharp retreat for The 500®. The pullback in Tech and the…
We Never Go out of Style
Style indices have behaved differently internationally and in the U.S. This year, U.S. growth stocks, represented by the S&P United States BMI Growth (up 14.8% as of the end of September 2025), outperformed the broader U.S. market (up 14.4%). Outside the U.S., the S&P Global Ex-U.S. BMI Value (up 30.7%) has performed better (see Exhibit…
Introducing the S&P 500 GARP 100 Index
The S&P 500® GARP 100 Index, launched on Nov. 24, 2024, sits at the intersection of value and growth strategies. Its objective is to identify 100 constituents from the S&P 500 that exhibit strong growth while maintaining reasonable valuations and high quality attributes. Methodology The index employs a two-step selection process. First, it identifies the…
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Measure Twice, Cut Once
U.S. large-cap growth has been outperforming this quarter, thanks in part to unusually strong contributions from a few single-stock winners. With higher dispersion among performance, market participants might conclude that it’s a good time to pick stocks or appoint a fund manager to do it for them. However, while the rewards for picking winners may…
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2024 S&P U.S. Style Indices Rebalancing: Key Sector Shifts and Impacts
The S&P U.S. Style Indices underwent their annual rebalancing in December 2024, leading to significant changes in sector exposures. Particularly, the S&P 500 style reclassification led to above-average turnover, as shown in Exhibit 1. While the S&P 500 Growth’s turnover was not unusual, the S&P 500 Value’s turnover was relatively high compared to the historical…
Understanding GARP Strategies
How is a GARP strategy different from a traditional growth or value strategy? S&P DJI’s Jason Ye sits down with Andrew Geoghegan from Ausbiz to unpack the growth at a reasonable price approach and explore its relevance to market participants in Australia.
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What Makes the S&P/B3 Ingenius Index Different?
See how the S&P/B3 Ingenius Index provides the Brazilian market with a dynamic lens for tracking global innovation.
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What Makes the S&P/BMV Ingenius Index Different?
See how the S&P/BMV Ingenius Index provides the Mexican market with a dynamic lens for tracking global innovation.
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Balancing Growth and Value in the Mid-Cap and Small-Cap Spaces: The S&P MidCap 400 GARP and S&P SmallCap 600 GARP Indices
Launched in February 2019, the S&P 500® GARP Index was the first transparent benchmark tracking growth companies that are identified as being higher quality with lower valuations. Given the success of this index, we launched the S&P MidCap 400® GARP Index and S&P SmallCap 600® GARP Index to expand the available toolkit. Since their launches…