DJ RBP Large-Cap 130/30 891.47 -0.69 % -35.80 % DJ Wilshire US Large-Cap 2,155.14 -0.32 % -36.73 % DJ RBP Large-Cap Growth 130/30 879.70 -0.28 % -35.30 % DJ Wilshire US Large-Cap Growth 2,012.70 0.21 % -35.79 % DJ RBP Large-Cap Value 130/30 857.72 -0.94 % -32.99 % DJ Wilshire US Large-Cap Value 2,160.05 -0.85 % -37.73 %

Transparent Value combines the insights of fundamental analysis with the disciplined process of indexing to provide investors with a new transparent way to invest.

In March 2008, Dow Jones Indexes launched a new family of indexes based on the Transparent Value required business performance (RBP) methodology. The Dow Jones RBP Family of Indexes will be licensed as the basis of investment products, such as exchange-traded funds and notes, mutual funds and hedge funds.

Fundamentally analyzed and quantitatively selected

The principle behind the Dow Jones RBP Family of Indexes is simple. We select companies in which the management of a company has the greatest likelihood of delivering their required business performance.

RBP measures the performance necessary to support the price of a stock. It is the fundamental measure that links what management does on a day-to-day basis to the company's stock price, and it is the cornerstone of the Dow Jones RBP Family of Indexes.

RBP not only tells us the revenue required; it works all the way back to tell us at the most granular level, for example, how many iPods, desktops and portables Apple must sell, or how many auctions eBay must list, or how many packages FedEx must ship to support their stock price.