User Survey
Dear User,

Thanks very much for taking the time to complete our survey. It should not take you more than 10 minutes, and even if you don’t fully complete it, we want your feedback

We have a very simple objective in conducting the survey – serving YOU better. We want to achieve this by:

  • Gaining more insight on who YOU are, and how we can best adapt our content to meet your professional and personal investing needs, and
  • Determining what articles, news, data and tools, YOU, our readership wants

Thanks again
Jim Wiandt, Matt Hougan and the IndexUniverse.com team
 

Tell us a bit about yourself

1.- On a scale of 1 (no clue) to 5 (very knowledgeable), please rate your knowledge of benchmarks and index investing.

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2.- Please describe your profile.

Academic
Brokerage
Financial Advisor
Index Provider
Individual Investor
Investment Management
Mutual Fund Management
Pension Fund Consulting
Pension Fund Manager
Plan Sponsor
Other 

3.- What are your total portfolio assets?

less than $100,000
$100,000 - $500,000
$500,000 to $1 million
$1 - $5 million
$5 - $25 million
$25 - $100 million
over $100 million

4.- How often do you visit IndexUniverse.com?

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Other 

5.- Have you ever invested in or managed an index fund?

Yes No

6.- If you use ETFs, how often do you trade ETFs?

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Annually
Less than annual
Never used?

7.- If you use index options or futures, how often do you use them?

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Annually
Less than annual
Never used?

Site-specific questions:

8.- What do you like most about the site?

Breaking News
Features
Commentary
Data
Discussion Boards
Other 

9.- Please rank what type of data is most useful to you.

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Historical returns 
Correlations 
Valuations 
Volatility 
Component Data 
Fund information (ERs, management, etc) 
Other 

10.- What is the most important topic that we cover? (choose 1)

Index and fund reviews
Tax efficiency
Asset allocation
Model portfolios
ETFs
International
Other 
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11.- On what topics would you like to see increased editorial coverage?

Benchmark Indexes
ETFs
Index Options
Index Funds
Index Changes and Trading
Other 

12.- Which asset class would you like to see covered more besides U.S. equity indexes?

Domestic bonds
Hedge fund indexes
Emerging markets
Precious metals
Commodities
Other 
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