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When Equal Weight Makes Sense
Brad Zigler • Fri, Jun 7 • 5 Comments
Equal-Weight ETF Consistently Outperforming S&P 500
Tom Lydon • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
Equal-Weighted S&P 500 And The Apple Impact
Ploutos • Mon, Feb 11 • 14 Comments
The Not-So-Secret Sauce In Equal Weighting
Morningstar • Thu, May 24, 2012 • 4 Comments
Beat The S&P 500 With The S&P 500
Siddharth Dalal • Thu, Feb 23, 2012 • 20 Comments
Equal Weighted Over Value Weighted: RSP Vs. SPY
Ploutos • Wed, Jan 25, 2012 • 20 Comments
RSP Vs. SPY: 2011 At A Glance
Jared Cummans • Thu, Jan 19, 2012 • 2 Comments
Equal Weighting: A Timely Antidote For Uncertainty?
James Picerno • Mon, Jan 9, 2012 • 1 Comment
Spotlight On Rydex S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
Morningstar • Tue, Oct 25, 2011
Rydex S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF Keeps on Truckin'
Michael Johnston • Thu, Jul 7, 2011 • 1 Comment
Equal Weight Index Funds and the Sin of Portfolio Management
Kid Dynamite • Thu, Feb 10, 2011
Why Equal-Weight ETFs Are Worth a Look
Jim Trippon • Mon, Dec 13, 2010 • 2 Comments
Just One ETF: Riding Mid Caps (and Beating SPY) Through Equal Weighting
Christian Wagner • Tue, Nov 2, 2010 • 10 Comments
Rydex Attempts to Rise From the Ashes With 19 New Equal Weight ETF Filings
Michael Johnston • Tue, Sep 14, 2010
10 Common Mistakes Made by ETF Investors
Michael Johnston • Fri, Apr 23, 2010 • 8 Comments
ETF Spotlight: Rydex S&P Equal Weight
Tom Lydon • Thu, Aug 20, 2009
ALPS Files for Equal-Weight ETF of Sector SPDRs
IndexUniverse • Wed, Mar 18, 2009
Rydex To Issue Nine New ETFs Next Week
IndexUniverse • Wed, Nov 1, 2006

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Lots Of Red Across The Board
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Jun 13
Danger Zone For This Week: 'Passive' Investors
David Trainer • Wed, Jun 12 • 6 Comments
S&P 500 Snapshot: Tuesday's Drop And Pop And Rollover
Doug Short • Wed, Jun 12
Strong Flip Bullish
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Jun 10 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 Snapshot: Fractional Gain To A New High
Doug Short • Wed, May 22 • 3 Comments
The S&P 500 Enters A Post-Transition Period
Ironman at Political Calculations • Mon, May 20 • 16 Comments
S&P 500: Up 1001 Points
Doug Short • Sun, May 19 • 2 Comments
Volatility Weighting: Use Your Whole Portfolio Rather Than Part Of It
Daniel Banaszak • Thu, May 16 • 1 Comment
Going Fractal With The S&P 500: An After-Action Report
Ironman at Political Calculations • Tue, May 14
S&P 500: Squeaks Out A New All-Time High By 7 Basis Points
Doug Short • Tue, May 14
Still Bullish
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 At Another Record: Update On Earnings, Valuation And Estimates
Pendulum • Mon, May 13
S&P 500 Snapshot: Closing The Week At A New All-Time High
Doug Short • Sun, May 12 • 2 Comments
S&P 500 Snapshot: The 5-Day Rally Ends
Doug Short • Fri, May 10 • 1 Comment
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Large-Cap Blend Style
David Trainer • Thu, May 9 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 Snapshot: Fifth Consecutive All-Time High
Doug Short • Thu, May 9
S&P 500 Snapshot: Fourth Consecutive All-Time High
Doug Short • Wed, May 8
S&P 500 Snapshot: Another All-Time High
Doug Short • Tue, May 7
What Can The Kentucky Derby Teach Us About The Stock Market?
Brendan O'Boyle • Mon, May 6 • 7 Comments
Insights Into The Equal Weighted S&P 500 Index
David I. Templeton • Mon, May 6 • 5 Comments

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Market Extra: How equal-weight ETFs have lost their balance

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 4, 2013)
Chuck Jaffe: Hidden costs of Schwab’s ‘free’ ETF trades

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 11, 2013)
10-15% Rally ComingInvest Here: Strategists

at CNBC.com (Mar 14, 2011)
ETF Investing: Equal-weight ETFs tip investment returns

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 19, 2010)
Video: Fear Has Taken Over

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 27, 2010)
Your Money with Chuck Jaffe: Gold and emerging-market ETFs still shine

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 20, 2010)

RSP vs. ETF Alternatives

RSP Description

Seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Equal Weight Index, before fees and expenses, on a daily basis.
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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
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Friday, June 7, 9:02 AM Stock index futures remain higher - the S&P 500 (SPY) +0.5% - but, be warned, Treasurys have decided the jobs number is a little fast for their liking. Higher earlier, TLT is now off 0.7%. The 10-year Treasury yield fell to 2.05% in the moments following the report, but has now jumped to 2.12%. 2 Comments
Thursday, June 6, 7:52 AM It may be time to get ready for a reversal on stocks, says Bespoke, noting the S&P 500's (SPY) 10-day advance/decline line has plunged to an extreme oversold reading - a curious move given the index itself remains above its 50-day moving average. 1 Comment
Wednesday, June 5, 7:23 AM The S&P 500 (SPY) has another 15% upside this year, says Credit Suisse, lifting its year-end target to 1,730 from 1,640, and putting in place a modest forecast of 1,900 for 2014. Stocks remain cheap on a relative basis and earnings revisions have turned positive for the first time in year are among the reasons. Most important is too much pessimism over tapering. Central banks are still going to be expanding balance sheets, says the team, noting it took markets several months to peak after QE1 and QE2 ended. Comment!
Tuesday, June 4, 10:51 AM BNP's "Love-Panic Index" signals a correction ahead as it crossed into "love" territory a few weeks back. Past experience says to brace for an average 12% decline in the S&P (SPY) over the next 6 months. The biggest drivers of the recent move into "love" have been State Street's Investor Confidence, the CFTC's COT report, falling short interest, rising Nasdaq to NYSE trading volume, and small caps (IWM) outperformance over large caps (IWB). 14 Comments
Monday, June 3, 7:39 AM Markets must be getting close to a bottom if rising chatter about the dreaded Hindenburg Omen is as good of an indicator as it's been in the past. Still basking in glory from foreshadowing the 1987 crash, the indicator is typically a false alarm, now dubbed "a common pick-up line at permabear cocktail parties," by Barry Ritholtz. 2 Comments
Friday, May 31, 4:16 PM It looks like Treasury yields finally got high enough to trigger a big rotation out of stocks and into fixed-income. Something seemed to snap when the 10-year rose to 2.20% this afternoon - the resulting action saw money pour out of equities (SPY -1.4%) and into Treasurys (TLT -0.3%), with the 10-year yield falling back to close at 2.14%. 9 Comments
Thursday, May 23, 11:05 PM The smart money is selling, writes Ukarlewitz, commenting on the plummeting Smart Money/Dumb Money Confidence Index from SentimenTrader. The measure has a reasonable track record over the last few years at pointing out market tops and bottoms, and it's screaming "top" right now. Whether it's a 5% correction or something worse remains to be seen, but insiders see something bad coming and they're bailing out. 18 Comments
Wednesday, May 22, 10:09 AM Stocks pop higher (SPY +0.6%) as Bernanke's prepared remarks for Congress suggest an increase in QE is as likely as a "tapering." Gold (GLD +2.6%) and Silver (SLV +3.8%) get a charge, and bonds (TLT +0.5%) move higher. It's green across the board, but not participating is crude oil (USO -0.4%). Watch live here. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Tuesday, May 21, 3:34 PM Major hedge funds have suddenly turned bullish, reportedly buying massive amounts of OTC call options on the S&P 500 (SPY). The purchases have been large enough to send the VIX (VXX) higher even as stocks continue to gain. An important milestone - the implied volatility of S&P calls is now greater than that of puts, a true rarity since 2007. 19 Comments
Tuesday, May 21, 8:49 AM Exponential rapidly rising or falling markets usually go further than you think, but they do not correct by going sideways," is #4 of Bob Farrell's "Market Rules to Remember." Channeling that, BAML's Steve Suttmeier sees stocks continuing their run with risks of a topping-out not arriving unti late summer. He's most bullish on industrials (XLI) - particularly "oversold" EXPD, DE, CAT, FDX - and also thinks financials (XLF) will remain market leaders. 4 Comments
Tuesday, May 21, 5:40 AM Goldman Sachs lifts its forecasts for the S&P 500 (SPY), as David Kostin and company now say they expect the index to gain 5% by year-end to 1,750, 9% to 1,900 in 2014, and 10% to 2,100 in 2015. The rationale: expectations of above-trend real GDP growth beginning next year (Mr. Evans' "escape velocity" ?) coupled with P/E multiple expansion to 16x. Furthermore, dividends should rise ~30% over the next two years, bolstering the firm's claim that dividend-paying equities (DVY) are one of the only places U.S. investors can look to for income-generation. Some of GS's dividend picks, as listed on MarketWatch: Mattel (MAT), Ford (F), Philip Morris (PM), Walgreen (WAG), Chevron (CVX), U.S. Bancorp (USB), GE, Western Union (WU), Dow Chemical (DOW), and AT&T (T). 11 Comments
Sunday, May 19, 9:52 AM There is no precedent for the current market, writes The Fat Pitch. Consider: 1) The S&P (SPY) has been up 56 of 88 trading sessions this year 2) It's up an uncorrected 24% since the post-election low - the longest streak in over 3 decades 3) The Nasdaq (QQQ) is on pace for a 7th straight up month, an occurrence with a 3-in-100 probability. Long term it's bullish, writes Ukarlewitz, as this sort of strength is rarely the end of a trend. Short term? Stay nimble. 53 Comments
Saturday, May 18, 9:15 AM Leon Cooperman and partner Steve Einhorn keep it simple: Stocks (VTI) are cheap relative to interest rates and inflation. The guy who bought T-bills (SHY) has migrated to T-bonds (TLT), the guy who bought T-bonds has moved to investment grade corporates (LQD), the guy who bought IG is now in high-yield (HYG, JNK), and so on (glasses clink in the FOMC board room). Their largest position is Sprint Nextel (S) - as fans of Masayoshi Son and long-time owners of DISH, the duo like seeing two industry titans both wanting the same asset. New Citigroup (C) management should be able to double ROE over the next 2-3 years, and Transocean (RIG) sells for a significant discount to asset value. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Friday, May 17, 8:13 AM Thomas Lee lifts his year-end S&P 500 (SPY) forecast to 1,715 from 1,580 as the bull has already outrun his expectations. His team sees clues economic performance is picking up, including the outperformance of semiconductors (XSD) vs. transports (IYT), and the steepening of the 10 year/30 year Treasury curve. Risk/reward is particularly appealing in tech (XLK), healthcare (XLV), and financials (XLF). Comment!
Tuesday, May 14, 8:03 AM More from Tepper: "We're going to get this hyper-drive market," unless the Fed starts tapering its purchases, he says (referencing 1999), adding the June meeting wouldn't be a bad time to get started. He pulls out this chart from a recent FRBNY report, showing stocks remain cheap - the equity premium to bonds is as high as it's been in the last 50 years. 16 Comments
Tuesday, May 14, 7:52 AM Tepper stays bullish. Confounding gnomes who whispered the hedge fund honcho was turning cautious on stocks, David Tepper tells the CNBC crew the wave of liquidity that turned him bullish in the first place is getting even bigger. Fed tapering? So what, he says. The U.S. budget deficit over the next 6 months will only be $100B, while the Fed is scheduled to buy about $500B. That's $400B coming out of the bond market and going to investors who can buy more fixed-income, more real estate, more stocks. SPY erases losses and gets back to flat premarket. 11 Comments [Breaking News]

Chris DeMuth Jr.
Here are 3 ways to beat the $SPY in 2013: http://seekingalpha.com/a/o4nf. So far, FNSAX, $RSP, and $DTD returns higher by 52%, 23% and 1%.
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$RSP @ new 52-week high
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David Jackson
Must-read on how to beat $SPY $IVV $VTI $DIA $RSP in a tax-sheltered trading account: http://seekingalpha.com/a/nt09
Jan 15, 1:56 AM
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David Jackson
Once again, $RSP is set to beat $SPY this year. Any thoughts on what causes the consistent outperformance, despite the higher expense ratio?
12/23/12
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David Jackson: Thanks Samir. Did you also see this one, by Ploutos? http://seekingalpha.com/a/6wll
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djn21
Going long TLT as it's flirting with breakout from inverse H&S. Took profts in TSL, RSP, GLD.
5/3/11
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David Fry
Dave discusses VTI, RSP, QQQ, TLT, IYR, EFA, EEM, DVY, XLY, GLD, DBC, UUP & SLV in todays intraday vid. http://bit.ly/8zVhJQ members
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Once again, $RSP is set to beat $SPY this year. Any thoughts on what causes the consistent outperformance, despite the higher expense ratio?
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David Jackson: Thanks Samir. Did you also see this one, by Ploutos? http://seekingalpha.com/a/6wll
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