A way to tell is to compare the S&P 500 return to the Moderate
Benchmark Index Model s returns.
The Fee - Based and Load Models are for advisers and
the Benchmark Index Models are for use as benchmark portfolios to compare passive - vs.
The Benchmark Index Models have actual returns without needing a spreadsheet to calculate them, because there are no fees or switches (but they are not rebalanced nor adjusted for past weight changes).
Not exact matches
With this
model academics tried to explain why an active fund manager outperformed or underperformed a
benchmark index.
In order to remedy this situation, we constructed rules - based,
benchmark models using both relative and absolute momentum applied to market
indices.
SoFi
Indices are comprised of the total return on each of the asset class
benchmarks used and are weighted to mirror the current asset allocation of each stated SoFi Wealth
model portfolio.
The NSE, for instance, now has a NSE Quality 30 (companies with most sustainable business
models), CNX Alpha
Index (50 stocks with the highest alpha), NV20 (20 companies that meet value criteria), which may be good
benchmarks for active funds.
The objective of the Odlum Brown
Model Portfolio is to beat the performance of the Canadian
benchmark stock
index, the S&P / TSX Total Return Composite, while limiting risk and preserving capital.
We used the same allocation as the Moderate or Aggressive
Model, but funded with
benchmark indices.
This alpha number quantities the value of our mutual fund screening process (because the only difference between these two
models is that one is funded with the current mutual fund picks, and the other, just
benchmark indices).
Then everything in the
model is held the same, except all of the actual investments are swapped out and replaced by the
benchmark index, or
index mutual fund or ETF, that best represents each asset class.
It's updated monthly for the S&P 500, Barclays & S&P US Aggregate Bond
Index, MSCI EAFE Int» l stock index, our Moderate Fee - Based Model, and our Moderate Model funded with benchmark ind
Index, MSCI EAFE Int» l stock
index, our Moderate Fee - Based Model, and our Moderate Model funded with benchmark ind
index, our Moderate Fee - Based
Model, and our Moderate
Model funded with
benchmark indices.
The third row has the returns for the exact same
model funded with
benchmark indices.
Patented analytical
model identifies optimal set of market factors driving
benchmark index returns.
Below is the same 15 - asset class
models funded with
benchmark indices.
This is the same asset allocation
model as the actual VA
model we recommend, but funded with
benchmark indices (that can't be invested in).
The passive
Models are funded with
benchmark indices, and / or
index mutual funds, to provide the needed investing
benchmarks.
The graph at the very bottom of the
Index Model (also shown on the demo) shows how the Fee - Based
Models have done when properly compared to their
benchmarks.
In our investing
Models, alpha is the value of selecting open - ended mutual funds, compared to using
benchmark indices, to fund the asset classes; given the same asset class mix, over the same time horizon.
The table comparing our Fee - Based Moderate Portfolio
Model to its proper
benchmark index, the markets, an American Funds
Model, is here on the main asset allocation tutorial page.
For such a multi-asset portfolio, you could use the 7Twelve
Index, calculated by S&P Custom
Indices and — full disclosure — based on the
model I've created, as a
benchmark.