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Decoupling Correlations: Global Markets since COVID-19

An examination of global stock market indices since 2015 reveals one clear takeaway: Every single index's average correlation with all other indices has fallen.

How Sharp Is the Sharpe Ratio? An Analysis of Global Stock Indices

To test the Sharpe Ratio’s effectiveness, we constructed monthly return distributions for global stock market indices to see if any had too much skewness.

Portfolio Diversification: Harder Than It Used to Be?

Ever-greater access to world equity markets should have made it easier for investors to build and harvest the benefits of diversified global stock portfolios. But has it really?

Growth in Sustainable Indices Proves Sustainable

The number of indices measuring ESG criteria continues to spike, Rick Redding, CFA, reports.

When Indices Are Cut: What Withdrawals Teach about Risk-Control Index Design

Carriers sometimes withdraw an index from further investment. How can advisers explain such a decision to clients?

The Short, the Index, and the Private Markets

There is no valid benchmark for the unlisted private equity sector. That needs to change.

ESG and Fixed-Income Indices Surge in 2020

Market indices have seen constant evolution in more than a century of history, but never more so than in the last year.



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