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• The Test:<br />

Portfolio strategies based<br />

on market capitalization<br />

No matter how you slice it, small caps win out.<br />

– Collected NYSE & AMEX stock prices from 1963-1980.<br />

1980.<br />

• Daily returns<br />

• Common shares<br />

– Ranked all stocks by market value and divided into 10<br />

equally-weighted portfolios.<br />

– Active vs. Passive portfolio strategy.<br />

• Active – annual portfolio rebalancing<br />

• Passive – hold till 1980 without rebalancing<br />

• Placed any proceeds after delisting in an S&P 500 Index fund

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