Issue Brief: MSCI Equal Weighted Indexes

Research Paper
September 30, 2015
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Equal weighting is one of the oldest and best-known alternatives to traditional market-cap-weighted indexes. Equal-weighted indexes offer a simple approach and have historically outperformed cap-weighted indexes because of their greater exposure to smaller-cap stocks.

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