Michael Rawson for Morningstar reports that there are three potential sources of extra return from an equal weight index. There is a small size tilt from under-weighting mega-cap stocks and over-weighting smaller stocks. Also, there is a value angle from under-weighting overpriced glamor stocks. The third potential source of return is from contrarian re-balancing. In order to maintain equal weightings, the index must sell stocks that have recently appreciated and buy stocks that have recently declined. [ETFs Drive Innovation in Index Construction]


Equal Weight ETFs:

  • Guggenheim S&P EQual Weight Technology (NYSEArca: RYT)
  • First Trust NASDAQ 100 Equal Weight Index Fund (NYSEArca: QQEW)

Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.
