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The data set used in the analysis was obtained from the CRSP Survivor-Bias-Free U.S. Mutual Fund Database.
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David Barclay, CRSP's chief operating officer, says "a couple of" index-fund providers have expressed interest in the new benchmarks.
WSJ: The Intelligent Investor: The New Supercharged Index Funds
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Speaking of indexes, Vanguard recently announced that they will dump the widely used MSCI indexes for lower cost CRSP and FTSE indexes.
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New screening methods could also enable CRSP to offer investors an index of stocks that rank high in both growth and value.
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But in the long run, if CRSP and FTSE prove they are up to snuff, the sheen will come off index development.
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CRSP's new family of indexes will tackle the poaching problem in several ways, says Lubos Pastor, a University of Chicago finance professor who helped design them.
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" CRSP's approach, he adds, is "well thought-out" and "compelling.
WSJ: The Intelligent Investor: The New Supercharged Index Funds
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New "investable" indexes, forthcoming early next year from the Center for Research in Security Prices at the University of Chicago, or CRSP, could reduce compulsory trading for any index funds that adopt them as a benchmark.
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