Sentences with phrase «gdxj against the index»

Here's the comparison of GDXJ against the index it's supposedly tracking:

At present, only Chinese shares traded in Hong Kong are part of the index, and $ 1.7 trillion in investment funds are benchmarked against the index.

IMHO though value investing is the only long term strategy that is worth trying against indexing, and proper asset allocation.

We highly suggest that all readers of this exclusive content given to Streetwise Reports take a look at our «picks» against an index, to verify just how well we did or did not perform with our analyses.

«Fold overhang under, and crimp edges: With thumb and index finger of one hand, gently press dough against index finger of other hand.

Moving the thumb tip against the index finger is an optimal method for performing computing inputs.

Now my question to you is that can I save capital gain Tax by deducting the cost of construction of the new house in wife's name against the indexed cost of purchase of the 2008 house in my name?

Indexation of any kind changes the behavior of investment managers who inevitably get their performance measured against an index.

Part of the way they make money, or try to, is by trading against the index funds which free - ride off their labor, but which trade in a relatively mechanical, non-fundamentals-driven way.

But how would it have performed against an Index over 10 years of Latin America?

Benchmarking against an index is really the best way to objectively evaluate investment performance.

You can beta - weight them against the index or stock of your choosing.

The rest are products known as leveraged ETFs, which use borrowed money and / or derivative securities to amplify investment returns, or to bet against the index.

Hedge funds which benchmark against an index such as the S&P 500 and can go anywhere, invest in bonds, loans, distressed debt, currency, etc is not what the Prof is talking about and hence, perhaps, some of the confusion surrounding returns on an index and the word «collectively».

It's called an index fund because it's managed against an index and an index is something like the S&P 500 Index, which is the 500 large industrials, and an index fund is a fund which instead of trying to figure out which of those stocks is going to do better and which is going to worse, just says you know, I'm not sure I'm smart enough to do out, let's just buy the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 and ride them.

I was excited to revisit Olstein's All Cap Value Fund (OFALX) today and find out how his fund has performed against the indexes.

Some industry experts believe managed account performance should not be benchmarked against an index but instead against an investor's unique individual goals.

2008 was a great year for most of my managed funds against their indices.

Yes, you black - turtleneck - wearing, world - weary pessimists out there can bet against the index with ETFs, and profit if and when it falls in value.

The portfolio is up about 22.4 % in total and 20.9 % against the index.

Even without dividends, you can earn income by selling covered calls against these index ETFs.

Data providers like Morningstar and Lipper can also provide some context by placing a fund in a peer group and comparing it against an index.

It turns out Mackenzie Financial has been «fighting back» against index funds for years.

Here's a one year chart of this ETF showing its performance against the index itself:

My problem with benchmarking against an index is that the index may not be a suitable choice for certain investors, especially retired investors in need of income.

Or, at least, find out how a stacked deck of stocks performs against an index.

Although the ATWRR can differ from the TWRR when large external cash flows are made during a volatile month, it is still a decent choice for investors who are looking for an approximate method of calculating a rate of return that can arguably be benchmarked against index returns.

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.

I can hear some manager saying, «But I can't vary that much against the index!

One way to rein in your overconfidence is to benchmark your returns against an index fund in the same asset class.

The group plans compare themselves against an index.

Yes, I feel historically, the choice that I have made compares very well against that index, especially considering I would shave off a few basis points just to invest in it on my own.

Not to say I have anything against indexing, but I think one can do better with semi-active portfolio management.

So hug the index as you make modest bets against the index.»

We calculate our performance on a slightly different basis, recording the level of the S&P 500 index on the day each stock is added to the portfolio and then comparing the performance of each stock against the index for the same holding period.

The barometer is measures active managers» returns by comparing them not against an index but against a composite of passive index funds.

The lettering now includes an outline, while the subtitle seems to be set against index cards (not printed on index cards, mind you, as the subtitle is casting a shadow).

Tim Channon says: April 11, 2011 at 9:46 am Multiple rows with say a one month index increment, plot sum column against index column and you have a computed monthly time series.

Multiple rows with say a one month index increment, plot sum column against index column and you have a computed monthly time series.

When considered against this index, Australia's international accountability can be seen to be less than perfect.

Factor in premium payments on CMBX credit - default swaps — investors can't invest directly in or bet against the index — and during the past year any short was surely a losing bet, even as the mall Big Shorters look more and more correct.

Not exact matches

The S&P / TSX composite index was up 17.31 points to 12,757.81 as investors wondered if the United States will end up leading a military strike against Syria, which it accuses of using poison gas against its own civilian population.

At 0847 GMT, the FTSE index was up 0.57 percent to 7,563.38 points, a high since the beginning of February, when sterling was however about 5 percent higher than it is now against the dollar.

On Friday, the dollar index was up 4 % from its lows of the year hit on February 16, as traders found it increasingly expensive to bet against the dollar's decline.

In currencies, the dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency against six major peers, traded at 92.478 at 2:56 p.m. HK / SIN, below the 92.8 handle touched on Wednesday and under a four - month high hit in the last session.

However, Singleton said he has tested his model against historical data from the crisis year, yielding a 16 percent return against a 38 percent slump in the S&P index.

Since the election, the dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, has risen 3.6 percent.

The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six rival currencies, was little changed from its late Thursday levels at 100.40.

The dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency against a basket of six major peers, was little changed at 95.693, holding above Friday's 95.384, its lowest since July 5.

The study compared the compound annual growth rate of a Family Index of 23 companies — in which at least 30 % of voting control belonged to a family with multi-generational involvement in the ownership or management — against 412 widely held firms over a 15 - year period (1998 to 2012).