PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 (ETF) (AMEX:PRF)

gameguru (31.03) Submitted: 5/24/2011 1:43:57 PM : Start Price: $57.46 PRF Score: -2.18

Fundamentally-weighted index should be a tortoise-style overachiever for the long-term.

georcole (91.80) Submitted: 8/16/2010 11:35:35 PM : Start Price: $46.68 PRF Score: -0.42

A "fundamentally" different kind of index. It weighs the stocks in it's index according to fundamental values, such as sales, cash flow, book value and dividends. Over it's short lifespan (5 years) it has slightly beat the S&P. I am not looking to this pick to be my next blockbuster pick, but it should help my accuracy and give me a few points over time. The current point leader for this pick, athittle, has held it for a year and a half and has made 24 points off of it. That's just consistency, not flash.

somrh (80.96) Submitted: 8/1/2010 7:17:41 AM : Start Price: $47.91 PRF Score: -0.49

A fundamentally weighted US large-cap index should, in theory, outperform a capitalization weighted index (S&P 500).

greatwass (67.32) Submitted: 5/31/2007 9:29:40 AM : Start Price: $58.47 PRF Score: +5.36

so what's new?

1tim412 (88.77) Submitted: 4/19/2007 12:45:39 PM : Start Price: $56.08 PRF Score: +5.49

Doing a little research to see if fundamental indexing is indeed better than traditional.

TMFTaurean (55.75) Submitted: 12/18/2006 4:33:33 PM : Start Price: $52.86 PRF Score: +6.49

This isn't your typical index. Instead of a traditional market cap based index, like the S&P 500, which forces the index to be overweight on higher priced stocks and underweight on value plays, the RAFI index comprises its holdings based on four fundamental measurements: book value, income, sales and dividends.

Historical backtracking of the thesis behind the RAFI index shows it beating the S&P by about 2% annually going back to 1962.

drcns5000 (40.61) Submitted: 12/11/2006 7:55:35 PM : Start Price: $53.25 PRF Score: +6.73

ETF based on fundementals. Beating S&P 500