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White papersCompliance versus Voluntary Carbon Markets
After the launch of S&P GSCI Global Voluntary Carbon Liquidity Weighted, the first-to-market benchmark that seeks to track the current performance of global voluntary carbon futures markets, we thought it would be wise to go into further detail regarding the two main types of carbon commodity markets.
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ESG Investing in U.S. Investment Grade Credit
Assets tracking ESG-based investment strategies have been booming recently. While ESG demand has increased in recent years, there’s been additional appetite in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. ESG refers to three key aspects of sustainability and ethical business practices: environmental, social and governance.
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The S&P ESG Dividend Aristocrats Index Series: One Year Later
Dividends have historically provided a significant source of returns. A recent blog stated dividends have become an important source of household income for U.S. investors and accounted for 7.3% of personal income as of Q1 2022, climbing from 3.2% in 1980. Over the same period, interest income has declined in share from 16.2% to 9.2%. In the current environment of rising inflation and interest rates, dividends may also provide the benefit as an inflation hedge.
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Connecting Climate Goals with Relative Index Returns
The widespread global adoption of ESG and climate indices has created an accompanying need for better understanding regarding the performance impact of the various choices made in their design. As introduced in S&P DJI’s new Climate & ESG Index Dashboard, a Brinson-like “carbon attribution” teases out one particularly important source of returns.
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Patience Is a Virtue
With the first half of 2022 in the books, commentators have noted that this year’s -20.0% total return for the S&P 500® is the worst January-June result in more than 50 years. Painful as the first six months were, what might they tell us about the rest of the year?
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Tumultuous Trends
The S&P 500® posted its worst first-half performance since 1970, as inflation concerns, Fed rate hikes and slowing economic growth have weighed on markets. Mega caps were hit particularly hard, with the S&P 500 Top 50 posting a loss of 22%, underperforming the S&P 500 by 2%.
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S&P QVM Top 90% Indices: An Examination of the June 2022 Rebalance
This blog is the second in the quarterly blog series we recently introduced to provide transparency into rebalance adds and drops for our S&P Quality, Value & Momentum Top 90% Multi-factor Indices (S&P QVM Top 90% Indices). The S&P QVM Top 90% Indices seek to track constituents in the top 90% of their universe, ranked by their average multi-factor score (subject to constraints) and float-market-cap weighted.
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S&P 500 Factor Dashboard: Dive deep into factor performance in the U.S. market
The S&P 500 entered “official” bear market territory in June, finishing the month down -8.3%, and bringing its total return for the first six months of 2022 to a dismal -20.0%. Unsurprisingly, every factor index also ended the month and year-to-date periods in the red.
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Finding Resilience amid Uncertainty: A Low Volatility High Dividend Approach for the A-Share Market
The S&P China A-Share LargeCap Low Volatility High Dividend 50 Index is designed to offer liquid and tradable exposure to dividends and low volatility, two well-known risk factors that have delivered risk premium in the China A-share market in the past.
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Introducing the First Global Voluntary Carbon Market Index
The S&P GSCI Global Voluntary Carbon Liquidity Weighted is the first-to-market benchmark for the current performance of global voluntary carbon futures markets. The index is designed to track the CBL Nature-Based Global Emissions Offset (NGO) futures, underpinned by the Verified Carbon Standard registry, and the CBL Global Emissions Offset (GEO) futures, allowing delivery from CORSIA-eligible carbon offset credits from all three major registries.
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Simplicity Yields Outperformance: The S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
Last week, the S&P 500® officially entered a bear market, dropping more than 20% from its record close in January. However, not all equity indices suffered comparable losses, and one such example is the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index. In fact, this index has outperformed by a wide margin so far in 2022.
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Data Driving the Weights within the S&P 500 Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned ESG Index
There is a 50% chance that global warming will exceed 1.5°C before 2026. Science is telling us that time is running out—climate change is no longer a problem for the future, and its associated physical risks are materializing more evidently. It’s time for action: the world needs to rapidly decarbonize to prevent irreversible impacts.
