Outline of indexing

The following outline is provided as a topical overview of indexing:

Indexing is an investment management strategy that attempts to replicate the investment performance of a market index. An index is a statistical measure of a market's value and performance and serves as a benchmark against which an investment manager's performance is judged. Today, a large number of index providers offer a wide range of indexes covering  US and  international stocks,  bonds, and commodities. A well managed, low cost index fund offers investors an excellent, if not optimal, investment vehicle for investing in the overall stock market, in discrete market segments, and in the bond markets.

Indexing

 * Indexing
 * Bond market indexing
 * Stock market indexing
 * Free-float methodology
 * Indexing: theory & history

Alternate indexing

 * Alternative indices
 * Dividend weighted indices
 * Equal weighted indices
 * Fundamental indices
 * Social responsibility indices

Indexes

 * Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index
 * CRSP equity indexes
 * FTSE All World ex US Index
 * FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
 * FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
 * FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index
 * FTSE Emerging Index
 * FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
 * FTSE Global All Cap Index
 * FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index
 * FTSE UK indexes
 * MSCI EAFE index
 * S&P 500 index
 * S&P Global Broad Market Index

Index returns

 * SPIVA scorecards

US index returns

 * US total market index returns
 * US mega cap index returns
 * US large cap index returns
 * US completion index returns
 * US mid cap index returns
 * US small cap index returns
 * US micro cap index returns
 * US equity REIT index returns
 * US index returns - 2016
 * US index returns - 2015
 * US index returns - 2014
 * US index returns - 2013
 * US index returns - 2012
 * US index returns - 2011
 * US index returns - 2010

International index returns

 * Global market index returns
 * Global ex US market index returns
 * Developed market index returns
 * Emerging markets index returns
 * International small cap index returns
 * International REIT index returns
 * Global bond index returns

Alternate index returns

 * Beta index returns
 * Inverse and leveraged indices
 * Low volatility index returns
 * Momentum index returns

Index funds

 * Index fund
 * Extended market index fund
 * Vanguard bond ETFs
 * Vanguard international stock ETFs
 * Vanguard US sector ETFs
 * Vanguard US stock ETFs