Designed to provide broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Blend category of the market, the Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF (USPX) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 06/01/2016. What ...

Equity index futures are financial derivatives that allow traders to speculate on the future value of a stock market index. These contracts play a significant role in shaping market expectations and ...

FCG is best suited for investors with limited energy exposure who hold a bullish thesis on natural gas fundamentals relative ...

Learn how index funds invest in market indexes like the S&P 500 for broad diversification and market performance replication.

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FTSE Russell CEO Fiona Bassett says that while the STI does provide "strong dividends," it also offers "a really strong ...

The investment seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, by investing primarily in a portfolio of foreign equity investments based on a market index. Under normal ...

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This is part 2 of a multi-part series where we deep dive into the nuances of Index Returns. This paper will provide an overview of the mechanisms of equity futures, the purpose of the equity index ...

The private equity industry has experienced a notable shift with a growing wave of high-profile public listings worldwide. Indexing the broader private markets space has been notoriously difficult due ...

A fund that tracks performance of a large basket of U.S. stocks is a staple of many portfolios. In the past, American investors often picked single large-cap stocks with an emphasis on so-called “blue ...