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SMID-Caps: Where The Real Chance For Alpha Lies
AllianceBernstein • Sun, Mar 31 • 13 Comments
Companies That Reported 30% Sales Growth Last Week
Stock Market Joe • Wed, Mar 13 • 10 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend Style
David Trainer • Fri, Mar 8
Equity Portfolio Optimization With Factor Tilts
Doug Short • Wed, Nov 21, 2012 • 6 Comments
Small Caps Lag
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Oct 15, 2012
The Contrarian Case For Small Caps
Lou Basenese • Thu, Sep 27, 2012 • 12 Comments
Fall 2012: What's Next?
Fedor Sannikov • Wed, Sep 5, 2012 • 14 Comments
ETF Deathwatch for July 2012: 24 New Names
Ron Rowland • Tue, Jul 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend
David Trainer • Mon, May 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
Small Cap ETF Gems: Russell Factor ETFs Shine
Christian Magoon • Mon, Mar 12, 2012
Why Small Caps Should Outperform In January
Alan Brochstein • Sun, Dec 25, 2011 • 6 Comments
Equal Weight ETFs: Comparing Similar (But Different) Strategies
Michael Johnston • Mon, Dec 5, 2011
Analyzing Alternatives To The 20 Most Popular ETFs
Michael Johnston • Thu, Oct 13, 2011 • 2 Comments
Rydex Rolls Out Mid-Cap, Small-Cap Equal Weight ETFs
Michael Johnston • Fri, Aug 5, 2011
Equal Weight S&P 500 ETF Doubles Market Weight's 8 Year Returns
George Fisher • Tue, Jul 26, 2011 • 3 Comments
The Small Cap Reign May Be Over
Market Blog • Thu, Mar 31, 2011 • 1 Comment
Equal Weight Index Funds and the Sin of Portfolio Management
Kid Dynamite • Thu, Feb 10, 2011
ETF Stats for December 2010: 1,099 and $1 Trillion
Ron Rowland • Fri, Jan 7, 2011
December ETF Roundup: Launches and Filings
Michael Johnston • Mon, Jan 3, 2011
Five New Equal Weight ETFs From Rydex
Ron Rowland • Fri, Dec 10, 2010 • 1 Comment

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Why Small Caps Should Outperform In January
Alan Brochstein • Sun, Dec 25, 2011 • 6 Comments
Equal Weight Index Funds and the Sin of Portfolio Management
Kid Dynamite • Thu, Feb 10, 2011

SMID-Caps: Where The Real Chance For Alpha Lies
AllianceBernstein • Sun, Mar 31 • 13 Comments
Companies That Reported 30% Sales Growth Last Week
Stock Market Joe • Wed, Mar 13 • 10 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend Style
David Trainer • Fri, Mar 8
Equity Portfolio Optimization With Factor Tilts
Doug Short • Wed, Nov 21, 2012 • 6 Comments
Small Caps Lag
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Oct 15, 2012
The Contrarian Case For Small Caps
Lou Basenese • Thu, Sep 27, 2012 • 12 Comments
Fall 2012: What's Next?
Fedor Sannikov • Wed, Sep 5, 2012 • 14 Comments
ETF Deathwatch for July 2012: 24 New Names
Ron Rowland • Tue, Jul 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend
David Trainer • Mon, May 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
Small Cap ETF Gems: Russell Factor ETFs Shine
Christian Magoon • Mon, Mar 12, 2012
Equal Weight ETFs: Comparing Similar (But Different) Strategies
Michael Johnston • Mon, Dec 5, 2011
Analyzing Alternatives To The 20 Most Popular ETFs
Michael Johnston • Thu, Oct 13, 2011 • 2 Comments
Rydex Rolls Out Mid-Cap, Small-Cap Equal Weight ETFs
Michael Johnston • Fri, Aug 5, 2011
Equal Weight S&P 500 ETF Doubles Market Weight's 8 Year Returns
George Fisher • Tue, Jul 26, 2011 • 3 Comments
The Small Cap Reign May Be Over
Market Blog • Thu, Mar 31, 2011 • 1 Comment
ETF Stats for December 2010: 1,099 and $1 Trillion
Ron Rowland • Fri, Jan 7, 2011
December ETF Roundup: Launches and Filings
Michael Johnston • Mon, Jan 3, 2011
Five New Equal Weight ETFs From Rydex
Ron Rowland • Fri, Dec 10, 2010 • 1 Comment
Rydex Launches Five Equal-Weight ETFs
Eric Dutram • Wed, Dec 8, 2010
Equal Weight ETFs Offer a 'Compelling and Rich' Alternative to Standard Cap Weighting
Gary Gordon • Wed, Dec 8, 2010 • 4 Comments

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EWRS vs. ETF Alternatives

EWRS Description

Representing the U.S. small-cap market, the Russell 2000® Equal Weight Index offers sector equal weight exposure by equally weighting the nine sectors within the index and then equally weighting the securities within each sector, providing greater diversification benefits than traditional cap-weighting. The index is rebalanced quarterly.
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In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Equal Weight ETFs, Core Building Blocks: A Guide to ETFs That Divide the U.S. Stock Market by Market Cap
Asset Class Performance: Market Cap

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Thursday, March 14, 8:44 AM Guggenheim increases expense ratios on 4 ETFs on account of "higher acquired fund fees associated with the S&P benchmarks these ETFs track". The affected funds (with new expense ratio in parentheses) are: RFV (0.40%), RZV (0.38), EWMD and EWSM (0.43%). Two Russell and MSCI ETFs seeing a decline in fees are: EWRS (0.43%) and EWEM (0.70%). 1 Comment
Friday, February 15, 3:41 AM PowerShares expands its Low Volatility ETF suite with 2 new ETFs: S&P MidCap Low Volatility (XMLV) and S&P SmallCap Low Volatility (XSLV). The ETFs come with a 0.25% expense ratios, in line with counterpart IDLV (0.25%) and SPLV (0.25%), and slightly less than EELV (0.29%). Over the recent 1-year period, SPLV returned 16.36%, 68 basis points better than SPY, with an SD of just 8.6% vs. 12.8% for SPY. (pdf) 1 Comment
Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 11:52 AM Rydex|SGI's Mike Byrum explaining the launch of Rydex's six new equal weight ETFs today: "[I'm] not saying cap-weighting is wrong... but you're missing exposure to the smallest names... When you equally weight, you're really capturing exposure to a full index." Comment!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 9:37 AM Rydex launched five new ETFs offering equal weight exposure to large, mid and small cap U.S. stocks (EWRI, EWRM, EWRS), EAFE (EWEF) and emerging markets (EWEM). A sixth equal weight ETF covering global equities (EWAC) is slated to begin trading in January. Equal weighting has performed well: the Rydex S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) has beaten the S&P 500 over the recent one-, three- and five-year periods and by roughly 4.5% YTD. 1 Comment

EWRS Guggenheim Russell 2000 Equal Weight ETF

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Guggenheim Russell 2000 Equal Weight ETF