State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, Columbus, has been busy...

State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, Columbus, has been busy buying into the U.S. equity market to keep pace as the Dow Jones industrial average fell 5.8% between its Monday close and its 10,198.5 level at midday today. In-house staff of the $51 billion fund has purchased $400 million in domestic stocks over the past couple of days, said Herbert Dyer, executive director. The buying spurt was to keep the fund’s domestic equity weighting at 45%, he said.