Perspectives on Equity Indexing, 2nd Edition of Professional Perspectives on Indexing

by Editor: Frank J. Fabozzi; Consulting Editor: Robert Paul Molay

• ISBN13: 9781883249823
• ISBN10: 1883249821
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This is the second edition of Professional Perspectives on Indexing. Contents include the active versus passive debate, Standard and Poor's U.S. equity indexes, medium and small capitalization indexing, global equity index families, investing in index mutual funds, and more.

Author Biography

Frank J. Fabozzi is a financial consultant, the editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management, and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	iv
Preface	v
The Death Rattle of Indexing	2	(18)
John C. Bogle
Indexing: A Continuing Winning Strategy	20	(18)
Burton G. Malkiel
Ignorance to Awareness to Denial to Acceptance	38	(8)
William O. Fouse
The Active versus Passive Debate: Perspectives of an Active Quant	46	(24)
Robert C. Jones
Indexing As a Portfolio Investment Management Strategy	70	(8)
DeWitt F. Bowman
Enhanced Equity Indexing	78	(20)
John S. Loftus
Standard & Poor's U.S. Equity Indexes	98	(22)
David M. Blitzer
The New Breed of Investable Indexes	120	(14)
Albert S. Neubert
Medium-and Small-Capitalization Indexing	134	(18)
George U. ``Gus'' Sauter
Non-U.S. Stock Index Futures Contracts and Other Synthetic Equity Instruments	152	(26)
Gary L. Gastineau
Prudence in Global Equity Investing	178	(10)
James B. Francis
Global Equity Index Families	188	(28)
Herbert D. Blank
Sharon M. Lee
Emerging Markets Benchmarks	216	(10)
K. Stuart Peskin
Investing in Index Mutual Funds	226	(37)
Henry Shilling
Index	263