MSCI Equal Weighted Indices
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The MSCI Equal Weighted Indices offer an alternative to market capitalization-weighted indices. |
MSCI Equal Weighted Indices weight each security equally at each quarterly rebalance. Weights may fluctuate between rebalancings based on the performance of each security. At each index rebalance, equal weighted indices remove the influence of prices from standard market cap index weighting schemes. Because equal weighting tends to overemphasize smaller cap index constituents (in comparison to market cap weighting), some consider it an approach for capturing the small cap premium.
Flagship MSCI Equal Weighted Indices include:
| Developed Markets | Emerging Markets |
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| MSCI World Equal Weighted Index | MSCI ACWI Equal Weighted Index |
| MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index | MSCI Emerging Markets Equal Weighted Index |
| MSCI Europe Equal Weighted Index | MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Equal Weighted Index |
| MSCI USA Equal Weighted Index | |
| MSCI Japan Equal Weighted Index |