Talk:Emerging markets index returns

There seems to be a problem with S&P's links. The links are derived from a database ("MungoBlobs" within the URL is a strong hint), which makes for a long line to paste into the wiki.

The original S&P methodology link contained an embedded filename of "SP_US_Indices_Methodology_Web.pdf", which is what I used. However, this is an emerging market page.

The S&P fact sheet (reference 7) was also broken. Please check that it's correct (I used the filename in the broken URL as a guide). Both of these links are working at the time I updated the page. If they break again, we'll have to find them on another website. --LadyGeek 16:33, 12 July 2011 (EDT)

I just updated the S&P methodology of International Global ex U.S. Market Index Returns from S&P's Index Services web site. These links don't contain the convoluted database references, which I suspect is generated uniquely for each site visitor, or, a dynamically changing database. That may explain why the links work for the first user, then are broken (invalid request) for others.

Suggestion: If the link is extremely long and difficult to understand like this:

http://www.standardandpoors.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobheadername3=MDT-Type&blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobheadervalue2=inline%3B+filename%3DFactsheet_SP_IFCI.pdf&blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobheadername1=content-type&blobwhere=1243922117649&blobheadervalue3=UTF-8 ,

try to find it on S&P's Index Services. --LadyGeek 16:45, 12 July 2011 (EDT)