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Funds pursue two different tracks as oil spill crisis sends BP shares downhill

The current crisis with BP has triggered some questions about how tracker funds work.

It also starkly illustrates the difference between conventional market capitalisation based trackers and fundamental trackers such as the Munro Fund. Put another way, it illustrates the impact of using a system that measures popularity with one that uses data.