The Standard & Poor’s Pure Style Strategy Index provides a systematic way of periodically selecting between growth and value U.S. equity investments. The selection process is driven by a set of rules that take into account momentum and valuation metrics. The underlying growth and value investments are represented by the S&P 500 Pure Growth Index and the S&P 500 Pure Value Index, respectively.
The objective of the Strategy Index is to alternate between growth and value investment styles in the U.S. equity market as they move in and out of favor relative to each other.
Index Governance and Policy
This index is maintained by the S&P Index Committee, whose members include Standard & Poor's economists and index analysts. It follows a set of published guidelines and policies that provide the transparent methodologies used to maintain the index.