The Dow: 130 Years as the Original Index Icon
The Dow’s longevity has been earned through sustained attention to governance, methodology and relevance. Explore how this global index icon’s continued evolution helps it track a changing market.
The Market Measure: In the Shadows of Giants
How has index concentration shifted historically and why might a diversified, cap-weighted benchmark like the S&P 500 already be tracking tomorrow’s market giants? S&P DJI’s Ben Vörös sits down with Tim Edwards to discuss Tim’s latest research, In the Shadows of Giants, and examine whether the dominance of a few large companies may be a signal of risk…
130 Years of The Dow: Why It Still Matters to Asia-Pacific
How Wall Street’s Oldest Barometer Impacts Markets from Singapore to Seoul When Charles Dow published his first industrial average on May 26, 1896, Asia’s great stock exchanges had barely been born. Tokyo’s bourse was just 15 years old; Hong Kong’s exchange had yet to open its doors. Today, many Asian markets take cues from the…
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Latin Markets: Still Dancing to the Same Beat
Just as Latin American musicians dominated global charts in 2025, the region’s equities delivered quite the performance last year. While markets navigated shifting interest rates and economic transitions, Latin America stood out as a top-performing region worldwide. The S&P Latin America BMI hit a high note, surging by 53.8% for the year, outperforming the S&P…
Forecasting Tomorrow’s Dividends: Introducing the S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Growth Index
Introduction As an industry leader in dividend index development, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) is committed to launching new and innovative dividend indices across global markets. The newly launched S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Growth Index reflects this, representing the first application of the S&P Global Market Intelligence Dividend Forecasting Dataset within the S&P/TSX Composite…
SPIVA Special Report: Heroes in Haystacks
Can Hero Funds save portfolios? S&P DJI’s Joe Nelesen takes a closer look at our special SPIVA report examining the performance of multi-asset portfolios of funds versus weighted blends of indices.
S&P Momentum Indices Shine in April Rally
Momentum strategies, which tend to be known for performing well in trending markets, experienced a historically strong rebound in April. The S&P 500® Momentum Index, S&P MidCap 400® Momentum Index and S&P SmallCap 600® Momentum Index all posted double-digit gains, surpassing their respective benchmarks (see Exhibit 1). Notably, the April performance of the S&P 500…
Beyond Mega Caps: Navigating Concentration and Diversification in Crypto Index Construction
Cryptocurrency investing straddles two seemingly contradictory truths: market leadership changes fast, yet overall exposure remains dominated by a handful of top assets. From 2018 to 2025, Bitcoin and Ethereum—two mega caps¹—held a combined average weight of 78% in the S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Asset (BDA) Index, while the top five constituents made up roughly 86%…
Firewall as the Frontline
Cybercrime’s AI Moment Cybersecurity has recently entered the crosshairs amid advances in AI. The preview of Claude Mythos has raised concerns among government and industry officials about its broader implications for an increasingly digital economy. That growth in digital commerce has brought cybercrime with it, exploiting the anonymity and borderless nature of the web to…
Beyond Borders: The Significance of the S&P 500 in Options-Based Strategies
In the U.S. market, options-based ETFs have experienced exponential growth in recent years, with total assets reaching USD 245 billion as of December 2025. These strategies have been increasingly adopted as mainstream tools in portfolio construction, offering more predictable outcomes and income diversification. Other regions are catching up with this trend at varying rates, with…
