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Policy desk, National Trade News (2026-08-24): Indexing Redefined, Part I: The RAFI Approach When it comes to equities exposure, investors typically gravitate toward a passive, market-cap-weighted index as… Primary source: original at ETF Trends (etftrends.com).
Indexing Redefined, Part I: The RAFI Approach
When it comes to equities exposure, investors typically gravitate toward a passive, market-cap-weighted index as the default strategy. These strategies are often billed as an efficient, low-cost method to capture broad market returns. As such, cap-weighted funds that track the S&P 500 or MSCI World