This backtest of the total debt to equity ratio reveals that the third, fourth and fifth quintiles (the quintiles with the highest debt to equity ratios) outperform the S&P 500
Equal Weight Index benchmark.
This backtest for ROA reveals that the first quintile underperforms the S&P 500
Equal Weight Index benchmark.
This backtest for the gross profits to assets ratio reveals that the first quintile underperforms the S&P 500
Equal Weight Index benchmark.
Not exact matches
«After eight years of struggling to outperform the S&P 500, Mike Willis has decided to use the
benchmark against itself by
equal -
weighting all 500 stocks in the
index.»
Over the 15 - year period ending in February 2018, encompassing the latter part of Japan's so - called «lost decades» of stagnant equity returns, the
equal -
weight index would have outperformed the cap -
weighted Japanese equity
benchmark by a stonking Read more -LSB-...]
Fundamentally
weighted or
equal -
weighted indexes are based on a published
benchmark, they are rules - based, they will have lower turnover than an active strategy, they are likely to be more diversified, and you can understand what you're getting.
Even more interesting is that the annual return of the average stock within the
benchmark was 23.3 %, represented by the S&P Europe 350
Equal Weight Index.
Such an environment can be identified by the performance of
equal -
weight indices, since — if
equal weight outperforms the cap -
weighted benchmark then, by definition, the average stock outperforms.
You should be
benchmarked against the same pool of assets as you invest in, so a guy who only buys S&P 500 should be
benchmarked against the S&P 500 or the
equal weight version, and someone who can draw from the Russell 5000 should be
benchmarked against that
index.
And note that the
benchmarks for relative performance vary among value
indices; as we've indicated previously in our research on value
indices, an
equal weight benchmark is a better indication of the value - added by the particular
index methodology.