i would agree that consistent performance is
an indicator of a good fund.
Indicators of a good fund include an above average 5 - 7 year return and a high fund rating.
Not exact matches
With today's employees, as with mutual
funds, «past performance is not the
best indicator of future success,» says Rajeev Vasudeva, CEO
of the Egon Zehnder executive recruiting firm.
«Lenders must have regard to their own cost
of funding from savers, and also from wholesale sources (where LIBOR [London Inter-Bank Offered Rate] is a more relevant
indicator of cost than the bank base rate), and the level
of margin they are seeking to achieve, as
well as their view
of how rates may move in the future and how this may affect future pricing.»
To catch underrecognized work,
funders should instead use citation windows considerably longer than the customary 2 or 3 years as
well as «a wider portfolio
of indicators,» the authors advise.
NIH examines
indicators such as the track record
of graduates in academic medicine positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how
well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality
of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval
of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number
of funded trainee positions at that institution.
According to the survey Mirror, Mirror conducted by the Commonwealth
Fund, Great Britain is the country with the
best health care system in the list
of wealthy and advanced countries, while the USA, spending large amounts
of money on health services, scores low on most
of the
indicators.
As a result
of commitments made under federal
funding or prompting from community demands as
well as courts - a number
of districts are engaged with their local teachers unions over new evaluation systems that include student performance as an
indicator.
Matt's take: Distribution yield measures what a
fund just paid out to investors, so it's generally a
good indicator of current income.
Matt's take: Like the distribution yield, 12 - month yield is a
good indicator of the income being paid out by a
fund.
While past performance is generally a
good indicator of future performance, nobody can guarantee that a particular mutual
fund will provide a certain level
of return on the investment.
Matt's take: YTM is a
good indicator of what the bonds in the
fund are yielding at a current point in time.
In this way YTM can be a
good indicator of where the
fund distribution may be headed (see below).
The general consensus is that the single
best indicator of a
fund's future performance is the its expense ratio (source).
The other session that had people talking was this morning's session where
well - known hedge
fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller and Baupost Group's Seth Klarman (also a hedge
fund manager) told the executives that many people confuse the performance
of the stock market with the health
of our economy, but that is not necessarily a great
indicator.
Funding agencies could
well take note that a
good indicator of the worth
of a piece
of research is the use that is put with its data by other researchers.
For smaller scale projects a form that defines Scope, Signing Authorization
of the project via client / lead dept. head / lawyer, out
of scope parameters plus project deliverables,
funding source with key performance
indicators, is a
good start.
The Trust
Indicators set standards for media outlets and allow newspeople to commit to
good faith reporting that's worth buying,» said Craig Newmark, founder
of craigslist, whose philanthropic
fund was an early supporter
of the Trust Project.
Although proponents
of defunding Planned Parenthood argue that other providers — namely health departments and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)-- would easily be able to fill the overwhelming hole torn in the safety net, evidence suggests otherwise.1 Planned Parenthood health centers consistently perform
better than other types
of publicly
funded family planning providers on key
indicators of accessibility and quality
of contraceptive care.2 Plus, Planned Parenthood serves a greater share
of women who obtain contraceptive care from safety - net health centers.3 And in some communities and for many women, Planned Parenthood is the predominant source
of publicly
funded contraceptive care.4 It is simply unrealistic to expect other providers to readily step up and restore the gravely diminished capacity
of the family planning safety net were Planned Parenthood defunded.