Business Week recently reported that "All funds that track the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index are not created equal.
The exchange-traded Rydex S&P Equal Weight Fund (RSP ) offered by Rydex Investments is an exception. Every stock in its portfolio carries the same weight. That makes the exchange-traded fund (ETF) different from most S&P 500 index funds, which are market-cap weighted, meaning the biggest companies account for a larger chunk of assets than smaller ones do."
RSP handsomely outperformed the S&P 500 in 2005 and YTD in 2006 as small and mid-cap stocks lead their large-cap counterparts.
Tom Lydon is member of the Rydex fund board.
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