Animal Spirits Podcast

Talk Your Book: Equal Weight Investing

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Apr 28, 2025
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INSIGHT

Equal Weight ETF Outperformance

  • Equal weight ETFs like RSP have outperformed the cap-weighted S&P 500 by about 60-70% since 2003.
  • This outperformance persists despite recent dominance of mega-cap tech stocks.
INSIGHT

Equal Weight's Factor Tilt

  • Equal weighting creates a small size and value tilt by buying low and selling high quarterly.
  • This factor exposure drives the long-term excess return of equal weight strategies.
ADVICE

Stick With Equal Weight Strategy

  • Don't dismiss equal weight strategies during growth momentum markets.
  • They benefit from historically rewarded size and value factors over the long run.
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