There’s no shortage of smart beta strategies in the market today ranging from single or multi-factor products, to weighting stocks equally or based on companies’ fundamentals, like cash flow, earnings, or dividends.
The search across the financial industry is on to find an alternative market cap weighting and enhanced returns. OppenheimerFunds believes it may have found the smartest of smart beta strategies through revenue weighting.
On the upcoming webcast, Why Revenue Weighting Now, Drew Thornton, Investment Strategist at OppenheimerFunds, Sharon French, Head of Beta Solutions at OppenheimerFunds, and Peter Novak, Head of Platform Analytics at OppenheimerFunds, will discuss OppenheimerFunds’ customized indexing methodology and the potential opportunities of incorporating a revenue-weighted theme in an investment portfolio.
OppenheimerFunds’ suite of Revenue Weighted Strategy ETFs include Oppenheimer Large Cap Fund (NYSEArca: RWL), Oppenheimer Mid Cap Fund (NYSEArca: RWK) and Oppenheimer Small Cap Fund (NYSEArca: RWJ), and Oppenheimer Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (NYSEArca: RDIV), which are all based on the fundamental weighting of revenue that exposes these strategies to an attractive combination of smart beta factors.
“We believe by applying the revenue-weighted methodology to known indices such as the S&P 500, investors may improve their exposure to the market,” OppenheimerFunds states. “Revenue weighting, unlike market capitalization, aims to lower exposure to overvalued companies, while still maintaining broad diversification.”
[related_stories]Specifically, the rules-based, disciplined smart beta indexing methodology targets known indices like the S&P 500 and tries to improve their performance return through weighting each security in the index by top line revenue. Components are then rebalanced every quarter to keep the Revenue-Weighted indices in line with the companies’ most recently reported revenue levels.
For instance, RWL reweights large-cap S&P 500 companies based on revenues, RWK reweights constituents from the S&P MidCap 400 Index, and RWJ reweights on S&P SmallCap 600 stocks. RDIV offers growth and income potential with access to the top large- and mid-cap (S&P 400 & 500) dividend paying stocks weighted by revenue.
Financial advisors who are interested in learning more about a revenue weighted investment strategy can register for the Tuesday, November 1 webcast here.
The alternate weighting approach employed by the Fund (i.e., using revenues as a weighting measure), while designed to enhance potential returns, may not produce the desired results. Because the Fund is rebalanced quarterly, the Fund may experience portfolio turnover in excess of 100%. The greater the portfolio turnover, the greater the transaction costs to the Fund, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund’s performance.
Carefully consider fund investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. Visit oppenheimerfunds.com or call your advisor for a prospectus with this and other fund information. Read it carefully before investing.
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