PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christopher B. Philips
TI  - Convergence in the Methodologies of Index Providers
AID  - 10.3905/jii.2013.3.4.062
DP  - 2013 Feb 28
TA  - The Journal of Index Investing
PG  - 62--63
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/3/4/62.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/3/4/62.full
AB  - Widely utilized index providers use market capitalization as the basis for all benchmark construction, and as a result methodologies and indexes are now much more similar than different. Market capitalization brings a high degree of similarity in risk, style, country, sector, and so on. Therefore, the primary construction for investors comes down to brand preference, access, and costs.TOPICS: Mutual fund performance, passive strategies, portfolio construction