Methodology Materials Archive
- Index Restatement Notice - January 2021
- New Industry Classification Methodology Impact on CRSP US Sector Indexes - August 11, 2020
- Enhanced ICB Code Implementation - April 28, 2020
- Ranking and Reconstitution Update - March 15, 2020
- Methodology Changes - July 2019
- Methodology Brief: Transitional Reconstitution
- Technical Update: January 6, 2017
- Index Reinstatement Policy
Linked Vanguard ETFs
Press Releases
- Bats and IEX to Become CRSP Exchanges of Interest - October 12, 2017
- CRSP Launches Investable Indexes - October 2012
- Vanguard - December 6, 2017
- Vanguard - October 2, 2012
NASDAQ Announcements
Publication PDFs
- Economist - November 18, 2010
- Wall Street Journal - November 27, 2010
- Morningstar Conversation - Feb/March 2011
- Journal of Indexes - The Index Is Dead, Long Live The Index - August 2013
- Journal of Business - Rates of Return on Investments in Common Stocks - January 2014
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Chicago Booth Magazine
Winter 2011 - CRSP Indexes with John Heaton & Lubos Pastor
Spring 2012 – The Generation of the First Index Fund
Video
- The CRSP Index Story (2012) with former Chicago Booth Dean Sunil Kumar, CRSP’s chief operating officer David Barclay, and Chicago Booth professors John C. Heaton and Lubos Pastor
Press Coverage
Vanguard’s selection of the CRSP Indexes for 16 U.S. stock and balanced index funds.
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Barron’s
Citing Costs, Vanguard To Shift Benchmarks For 22 Funds
New Indexes Are Just As Transparent: Vanguard -
Economist
Index fingered -
Morningstar
Vanguard Index Swap All About Cost -
Pensions & Investments
Vanguard replaces MSCI-based benchmarks on 22 index funds -
Reuters
Race to cut ETF costs may leave investors in the dark
Vanguard dumps MSCI indexes from 22 funds to cut costs
Analysis: Investors fret over MSCI outlook as ETF price war bites
Miscellaneous
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Barron’s
How Blockchain will Change Your Life -
ETF Express
Vanguard Leads Push to Adopt Blockchain Tech to Improve Index Data Distribution -
Institutional Investor
How “Greedy” Asset-Gathering Undermines Performance -
Investment News
Vanguard Will Use Blockchain to Share Index Data -
The New York Times
Apple is the Most Valuable Public Company Ever
Hot Stocks Can Make You Rich But They Probably Won’t
The Best Investments Since 1926? Apple
Why the Dow Isn’t Really the Stock Market