RSP: Telling Us A Lot About The Market
Summary
- Historically equal-weight index has outperformed S&P 500 index but it's been lagging significantly this year.
- This is mostly because S&P 500's performance has been driven by 5-10 mega caps.
- This also has implications for the rest of the market such as small caps and mid-caps.
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