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Vanguard has now extended their ETFs to small cap with style segmentation and sector funds. They've also filed for three international ETFs which are expected to be launch in the Spring.

Interestingly, they are using the MSCI® US Small Cap Value Index instead of Russell or S&P for small cap. I wonder how that will play out and how the selection process compares to the Russell or S&P. They've also undercut the Barclays ETFs by offering the small cap value at 0.22%, undercutting by 0.03%. I wonder how the different benchmark will affect investor interest.

http://flagship2.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw ... IPERByName

NB: Initial information came from Bylo's excellent site.

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peteyperson wrote:...
NB: Initial information came from Bylo's excellent site.
...
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Interestingly, they are using the MSCI® US Small Cap Value Index instead of Russell or S&P for small cap. I wonder how that will play out and how the selection process compares to the Russell or S&P.

This table is hard to read but I did a Fama/French 3 factor analysis on the MSCI and S&P600 value indices (monthly data since 12/93) and it would appear that value loading (HML) is about the same but small cap loading (SMB) is slightly greater for the S&P index (0.642 vs. 0.413 - statistically significant). Interestingly, "market loading" is also a little greater for the S&P index though I doubt that it means anything. :?

Thus it would appear that you might capture the small cap effect with a bit more efficiency with the S&P600 index but I don't know if that will make much difference down the road. Returns were almost the same for the two indices over this time period (R-squared = 0.90).

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MSCI ScV                         
                         
Regression Statistics                         
Multiple R   0.939271901                      
R Square   0.882231703                      
Adjusted R Square   0.879185971                      
Standard Error   1.443985015                      
Observations   120                      
                         
ANOVA                         
   df   SS   MS   F   Significance F          
Regression   3   1811.914198   603.9713993   289.6616501   1.07125E-53          
Residual   116   241.8707561   2.085092725                
Total   119   2053.784954                   
                         
   Coefficients   Standard Error   t Stat   P-value   Lower 95%   Upper 95%   Lower 95.0%   Upper 95.0% 
Intercept   -0.123102648   0.136368956   -0.902717534   0.368546521   -0.393198385   0.146993089   -0.393198385   0.146993089 
Mkt-RF   0.980559664   0.034248328   28.63087688   2.0366E-54   0.912726576   1.048392752   0.912726576   1.048392752 
SMB   0.413283522   0.036306224   11.38326924   1.29377E-20   0.341374515   0.48519253   0.341374515   0.48519253 
HML   0.80421496   0.04649734   17.29593462   6.62564E-34   0.712121174   0.896308745   0.712121174   0.896308745 
                         
S&P600v                         
                         
Regression Statistics                         
Multiple R   0.943096601                      
R Square   0.889431199                      
Adjusted R Square   0.886571661                      
Standard Error   1.706792539                      
Observations   120                      
                         
ANOVA                         
   df   SS   MS   F   Significance F          
Regression   3   2718.311472   906.1038239   311.0401778   2.77118E-55          
Residual   116   337.9243296   2.913140773                
Total   119   3056.235801                   
                         
   Coefficients   Standard Error   t Stat   P-value   Lower 95%   Upper 95%   Lower 95.0%   Upper 95.0% 
Intercept   -0.240148835   0.161188319   -1.489865001   0.138973751   -0.559402417   0.079104747   -0.559402417   0.079104747 
Mkt-RF   1.121170519   0.040481577   27.69582111   5.88809E-53   1.040991703   1.201349335   1.040991703   1.201349335 
SMB   0.6416535   0.042914013   14.95207396   7.9931E-29   0.556656941   0.726650059   0.556656941   0.726650059 
HML   0.793522552   0.054959929   14.43820195   1.13215E-27   0.684667554   0.90237755   0.684667554   0.90237755
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Post by peteyperson »

Thanks Raddr.

I think I would also be concerned whether the index can be timed on the inclusions and exclusions a la Russell.

Do you happen to know?

Petey
raddr wrote:
Interestingly, they are using the MSCI® US Small Cap Value Index instead of Russell or S&P for small cap. I wonder how that will play out and how the selection process compares to the Russell or S&P.

This table is hard to read but I did a Fama/French 3 factor analysis on the MSCI and S&P600 value indices (monthly data since 12/93) and it would appear that value loading (HML) is about the same but small cap loading (SMB) is slightly greater for the S&P index (0.642 vs. 0.413 - statistically significant). Interestingly, "market loading" is also a little greater for the S&P index though I doubt that it means anything. :?

Thus it would appear that you might capture the small cap effect with a bit more efficiency with the S&P600 index but I don't know if that will make much difference down the road. Returns were almost the same for the two indices over this time period (R-squared = 0.90).

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MSCI ScV                         
                         
Regression Statistics                         
Multiple R   0.939271901                      
R Square   0.882231703                      
Adjusted R Square   0.879185971                      
Standard Error   1.443985015                      
Observations   120                      
                         
ANOVA                         
   df   SS   MS   F   Significance F          
Regression   3   1811.914198   603.9713993   289.6616501   1.07125E-53          
Residual   116   241.8707561   2.085092725                
Total   119   2053.784954                   
                         
   Coefficients   Standard Error   t Stat   P-value   Lower 95%   Upper 95%   Lower 95.0%   Upper 95.0% 
Intercept   -0.123102648   0.136368956   -0.902717534   0.368546521   -0.393198385   0.146993089   -0.393198385   0.146993089 
Mkt-RF   0.980559664   0.034248328   28.63087688   2.0366E-54   0.912726576   1.048392752   0.912726576   1.048392752 
SMB   0.413283522   0.036306224   11.38326924   1.29377E-20   0.341374515   0.48519253   0.341374515   0.48519253 
HML   0.80421496   0.04649734   17.29593462   6.62564E-34   0.712121174   0.896308745   0.712121174   0.896308745 
                         
S&P600v                         
                         
Regression Statistics                         
Multiple R   0.943096601                      
R Square   0.889431199                      
Adjusted R Square   0.886571661                      
Standard Error   1.706792539                      
Observations   120                      
                         
ANOVA                         
   df   SS   MS   F   Significance F          
Regression   3   2718.311472   906.1038239   311.0401778   2.77118E-55          
Residual   116   337.9243296   2.913140773                
Total   119   3056.235801                   
                         
   Coefficients   Standard Error   t Stat   P-value   Lower 95%   Upper 95%   Lower 95.0%   Upper 95.0% 
Intercept   -0.240148835   0.161188319   -1.489865001   0.138973751   -0.559402417   0.079104747   -0.559402417   0.079104747 
Mkt-RF   1.121170519   0.040481577   27.69582111   5.88809E-53   1.040991703   1.201349335   1.040991703   1.201349335 
SMB   0.6416535   0.042914013   14.95207396   7.9931E-29   0.556656941   0.726650059   0.556656941   0.726650059 
HML   0.793522552   0.054959929   14.43820195   1.13215E-27   0.684667554   0.90237755   0.684667554   0.90237755
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I am pretty sure that the MSCI value small cap index includes REITs, the S&P 600 value does not. This accounts for the huge dividend yield difference.

As far as methodology, I believe that the MSCI is superior. Instead of having hard boundaries like S&P 600 value has on value/growth division within the index which can cause high turnover, MSCI has a range around the value/growth boundary so that stocks will not keep changing from growth to value and vice versa. This will be the way that most indexes are constructed in the future, IMO.

I personally hold lots of IJS, ishares S&P 600 small cap value, because my holdings are in a taxable account. Because of the REITs, the MSCI is not really appropriate for a taxable account unless you are in the 15% bracket (both because of the high dividends, and because REIT dividends are not favored under the new tax law). If I were to hold small cap value in a tax deferred account, I would choose the MSCI option.

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peteyperson wrote: ]I think I would also be concerned whether the index can be timed on the inclusions and exclusions a la Russell.

Petey

Supposedly the MSCI and S&P indexes are harder to time than the Russell but I haven't really looked into it.
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Kramer wrote:I am pretty sure that the MSCI value small cap index includes REITs, the S&P 600 value does not. This accounts for the huge dividend yield difference.

Because of the REITs, the MSCI is not really appropriate for a taxable account unless you are in the 15% bracket
Hi Kramer,

What is the yield difference between IJS and VBR? I can't imagine that it would be so big as to seriously undermine the tax-adjusted performance of the MSCI product.
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Post by Kramer »

Howdy raddr,

The yield difference is pretty high:

VAnguard MSCI small cap value (visvx): 1.90%
S&P 600 Value (ijs): 0.76%

Next year the yield difference should be larger, since VISVX was S&P600 value until the spring, so the 1.90% is weighted down by lower dividends earlier in the year. On the other hand, a small bit of the VISVX dividend is probably untaxed return of capital from the REITs (depreciation), so these two probably balance out.

Also, the REIT component of the VISVX dividend, which provides a large portion of the dividends, is non-qualified, so those part of the dividends are taxed at your marginal rate, not the new lower qualified dividend tax rate.

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Also, the REIT component of the VISVX dividend, which provides a large portion of the dividends, is non-qualified, so those part of the dividends are taxed at your marginal rate, not the new lower qualified dividend tax rate.
except for the part characterized as return of capital, right (I am not sure if that is much)
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True. But then you to adjust accordingly for that which takes a bit more work.

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ataloss wrote:
Also, the REIT component of the VISVX dividend, which provides a large portion of the dividends, is non-qualified, so those part of the dividends are taxed at your marginal rate, not the new lower qualified dividend tax rate.
except for the part characterized as return of capital, right (I am not sure if that is much)
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