Does growth beat value? Does equal weighting outperform? Will the US always be the leading market?

Over the last 100 years, simply buying and holding the stock market would have made you rich. But that doesn’t stop people searching for ways to juice their returns.

This week we discuss seven ways to slice the stock market. From sectors to factors to weightings, we look at different ways to tilt your portfolio.

And in today’s Dumb Question of the Week: Is Apple really an American company?

Selected links

• Concentration within Sectors and Its Implications for Equal Weighting (S&P Dow Jones Indices)
• Factor Indices: A Simple Compendium (S&P Dow Jones Indices)

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