

The Q2 earnings season is still in its early days, but it's already handing us a reality check: growth is broadening out. These conditions are putting one tried-and-tested segment of smart beta ETFs, the equal-weighted strategies, into sharp focus.

Concentration risk may have been overshadowed by major geopolitical events this year, but it hasn't gone away. Indeed, the big AI hyperscalers remain a significant part of portfolios, but with that comes risk.

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF offers diversified, equal-weighted exposure to the 500 largest U.S. companies, rebalanced monthly. GSEW's structure prevents mega-cap dominance, outperforming SPY recently as market breadth improved and volatility increased. With a 0.09% expense ratio and monthly rebalancing, GSEW is both cost-effective and better equipped for choppy markets than RSP or cap-weighted peers.

Making its debut on 09/12/2017, smart beta exchange traded fund Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSEW) provides investors broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Blend category of the market.

If you're interested in broad exposure to the Large Cap Blend segment of the US equity market, look no further than the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSEW), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on September 12, 2017.

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF offers diversified, equal-weight exposure to the largest U.S. companies, rebalanced monthly. GSEW outperformed SPY year-to-date, benefiting from market broadening and reduced mega-cap tech concentration risk. With a 0.09% expense ratio and monthly rebalancing, GSEW is structurally advantaged versus peers like RSP, especially in volatile markets.

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSEW) debuted on 09/12/2017, and offers broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Blend category of the market.

Concentration risk has been persistent in the U.S. market in recent years. Narrow leadership in the hands of a few megacap, AI-linked stocks has pushed the S&P 500 into levels of concentration not seen in many years.