The company recently announced that the BMO Dow Jones Canada Titans 60 Index ETF (ZCN) will soon be pegged to the S&P / TSX Capped Composite Index, the most widely tracked
Canadian equity benchmark.
A typical investment policy would see Canadian equity managers limited to
Canadian equities benchmarked against the S&P TSX index and foreign equity managers managing foreign portfolios against foreign equity benchmarks such as the EAFE or S&P 500 indices.
Not exact matches
Canadian equities returned 10.5 per cent for year, in line with the
benchmark TSX Composite Index.
The S&P / TSX Capped Energy Index is down 14 per cent during that same period, but more importantly, the
Canadian energy
equity benchmark never experienced the big rally off the summer 2017 lows that crude did.
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash assets in income - generating securities such that the 3 - year weighted average yield on the
equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the
Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
Equity Fund
benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX
Equity Equity Index.
You can invest in a particular fund (e.g. a
Canadian equity fund) that underperforms its
benchmark (e.g. the S&P / TSX Composite Index) for the period that you've invested in it.
While few large - cap
Canadian equity funds outperformed the market in the Morningstar study cited earlier, the vast majority of active
Canadian small - cap funds — some 93 % — outperformed their
benchmarks.
For example, our
Canadian equity fund's
benchmark would be the S&P / TSX Composite Index.
Only a very small percentage of actively managed
Canadian, US and international
equity funds beat their
benchmarks over the last five years, according to Standard & Poor's.
An example of a
benchmark index is the TSX Composite — it is the «
benchmark» for the performance of
Canadian equities.
Vanguard's
Canadian equity ETF, for example, was originally
benchmarked to the MSCI Canada Index but now tracks the FTSE Canada Index.
In describing their historical performance, private investment counsel firms will usually show composite returns earned by their clients in an investment category like
Canadian equity compared to a relevant
benchmark (in this case, the S&P / TSX Composite Index).
If picking winners is so easy, why did 97.3 % of
Canadian equity manages underperform their
benchmarks over the five years ending in 2011?
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash assets in income - generating securities such that the 3 - year weighted average yield on the
equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the
Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
Equity Fund
benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX
Equity Equity Index.
Over a 5 year time horizon, 77 % of active
Canadian equity funds underperformed their
benchmark.
Matt Barasch,
Canadian equity strategist at RBC Capital Markets, noted that
Canadian banks, which account for nearly a quarter of the weighting in the
benchmark equity index, generate approximately half of their average earnings from net interest margins.
One textbook explained that says
Canadian equity ETFs do not include all of the stocks in their
benchmark index because this would be «unwieldy,» «overdiversified» and «unnecessarily costly.»
For example, do Japanese managers investing in large - cap U.S
equity have a harder time outperforming the
benchmark than
Canadian managers investing in the same opportunity set?
The fund: TD Balanced Index (TDB965) The index: This index mutual fund tracks a blended
benchmark made up of 48 % DEX Universe Bond Index (
Canadian bonds), 32 % S&P / TSX Composite (
Canadian equities), -LSB-...]
The index: This index mutual fund tracks a blended
benchmark made up of 48 % DEX Universe Bond Index (
Canadian bonds), 32 % S&P / TSX Composite (
Canadian equities), 9 % S&P 500 (US
equities), 9 % MSCI EAFE (European / Pacific stocks), 2 % DEX 91 Day T - Bill Index.
Funny how it didn't occur to the 96.7 % of
Canadian equity fund managers who failed to beat the market
benchmark over the last five years.
The funds» returns are compared against the S&P / TSX Composite Index, the traditional
benchmark for
Canadian equity funds.
This index is used as a
benchmark to help you understand the Fund «s performance relative to the general performance of broader
Canadian equity market.