Sector Shake-Up Could Have Huge Impact
Sector Shake-Up Could Have Huge Impact

MSCI, which owns the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), has proposed a set of changes to the way it classifies companies according to sectors, reports Barron’s. The changes could affect…

The Great Index Fund Takeover

A recent Bloomberg article describes the ongoing trend toward index investing as “one of the biggest shifts in corporate power in a generation,” citing the “Big Three” firms of BlackRock,…

Are Index Funds as Cheap as You Think?

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, columnist Jason Zweig rebuts an argument that index fund expenses are drastically understated. The argument comes from veteran value investor David Winters, portfolio…