##  [# Constructing Global Portfolios With Smart-Beta ETFs](/sections/webinars/constructing-global-portfolios-smart-beta-etfs) 

 

# Constructing Global Portfolios With Smart-Beta ETFs

 

 

Index-based approaches as alternatives to traditional cap-weighted indexes.



 

 

 

 

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[By Olly Ludwig](/contributors/olly-ludwig)

 Aug 07, 2014

 Edited by: Olly Ludwig

 

 

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When Towers Watson wrote in July 2013 that "somewhere between alpha and beta lies smart beta," the global consulting firm established a framework for evaluating such alternative approaches, breaking them out into four major categories: equally weighted; fundamentally weighted; volatility based; and factor-based indexes.

 In this 60-minute webinar, Luciano Siracusano, WisdomTree's chief investment strategist and co-creator of WisdomTree's patented indexing methodology, discusses index-based approaches that investors can use in the core of their portfolios as alternatives to the traditional cap-weighted indexes. Topics covered include:

- What is the rationale for fundamentally weighted indexing?
- How do these strategies differ from traditional capitalization-weighted indexes?
- How have these strategies performed in real time?



 

 

 [ Olly Ludwig Managing Editor ](/contributors/olly-ludwig) 

 

 

  Olly Ludwig is the former managing editor of etf.com. Previously, he was a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and an editor at Bloomberg…   [View Bio](/contributors/olly-ludwig)

 



 

 


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