On a late Friday afternoon in June 2018, the S&P Index Committee announced it was adding Fleetcor Technologies to the S&P 500. On Monday, Fleetcor jumped 6.45% even as the…
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Facebook & Netflix Are Value Stocks Now
The FTSE Russell indexes will reshuffle its benchmarks, with Meta, Netflix and PayPal moving into the Russell 1000 Value Index as their weights lighten up in the Russell 1000 Growth…
Index Funds Will Change The World, But Not In A Good Way, Says Munger
Billionaire and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger says that the rise of index funds will “change the world”—but not for the better, reports an article in The Wall…
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,…