Oakmark Global Select Fund -
Investor Class Average Annual Total Returns (12/31/17) Since Inception (10/02/06) 9.12 % 10 — year 9.60 % 5 — year 13.24 % 1 — year 21.18 % 3 — month 2.98 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 1.22 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 1.15 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 1.19 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 1.12 %
Oakmark Global Select Fund -
Investor Class Average Annual Total Returns (09/30/17) Since Inception (10/02/06) 9.05 % 10 — year 8.35 % 5 — year 14.92 % 1 — year 26.41 % 3 — month 4.71 % Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 1.15 %
Oakmark Fund -
Investor Class Average Annual Total Returns (03/31/18) Since Inception (08/05/91) 12.88 % 10 — year 11.76 % 5 — year 13.78 % 1 — year 15.34 % 3 — month -0.88 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 0.90 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 0.86 %
Oakmark Equity and Income Fund —
Investor Class Average Annual Total Returns (12/31/17) Since Inception (11/01/95) 10.38 % 10 — year 6.87 % 5 — year 9.99 % 1 — year 14.46 % 3 — month 4.22 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 0.89 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 0.79 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 0.87 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 0.78 %
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund —
Investor Class Average Annual Total Returns (03/31/18) Since Inception (11/01/95) 9.62 % 10 — year 6.22 % 5 — year 7.74 % 1 — year 11.15 % 3 — month -3.38 % Net and Gross Expense Ratios as of 09/30/17 were 1.36 %
Oakmark Equity and Income Fund —
Investor Class Average Annual Total Returns (03/31/18) Since Inception (11/01/95) 10.18 % 10 — year 6.59 % 5 — year 8.33 % 1 — year 8.13 % 3 — month -1.62 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 0.87 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 0.78 %
Oakmark Global Fund —
Investor Class Average Annual Total Returns (12/31/16) Since Inception (08/04/99) 9.91 % 10 — year 4.65 % 5 — year 10.83 % 1 — year 4.65 % 3 — month 7.63 % Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 1.17 %
Not exact matches
«For most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset
class has been really difficult for the
average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset
class,» Wang says.
Aside borrowers,
investors benefit from regular monthly returns at an
average rate of 15.5 per cent, which is significantly higher than other asset
classes.
The
average investor underperformed nearly every asset
class.
In August, the investment firm Richard Bernstein Advisors compared the performance of the
average investor — based on the monthly flows of money in and out of mutual funds — against a variety of stock indexes, commodities and other asset
classes over a 20 - year period ending Dec. 31, 2013.
Whether in bull or bear markets, reallocating assets from the better - performing asset
class to the worse - performing ones feels counterintuitive to the
average investor.
Also because of regulations, smaller retail
investors have effectively been blocked from participating in higher - yielding investments — namely, private equity and venture capital, whose 10 - year compound annual growth rates have
averaged 11.8 and 11 percent, quite a bit more than Treasuries, equities and other common asset
classes.
Needless to say, the
average retail
investor will not be looking at those share
classes, but they are not the target audience anyway.
Here's the return of various asset
classes and how the
average investor has fared over the last 20 years (source):
Like active
investors, they also want to make a profit, but accept the
average returns an asset
classes produces.
Asset
Class - Mutual Fund Category - Mutual Fund Sector — Mutual Fund Asset
Classes and Mutual Fund Definition are clearly and purposefully assembled and lead to a natural conclusion of having greater, knowledge and control; perhaps enough to influence better results than an index or any
average investor.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and / or reimburse expenses at least through April 30, 2019 to the extent necessary to ensure that the total operating expenses do not exceed 1.20 % of the
Investor Class's
average daily net assets and 0.95 % of the Institutional
Class's
average daily net assets for the Chautauqua Global Growth Fund, 1.20 % of the
Investor Class's
average daily net assets and 0.95 % of the Institutional
Class's
average daily net assets for the Chautauqua International Growth Fund, 1.10 % of the
Investor Class's
average daily net assets and 0.85 % of the Institutional
Class's
average daily net assets for the Baird MidCap Fund, 1.20 % of the
Investor Class's
average daily net assets and 0.95 % of the Institutional
Class's
average daily net assets for the Baird Small / Mid Cap Value Fund, and 1.25 % of the
Investor Class's
average daily net assets and 1.00 % of the Institutional
Class's
average daily net assets for the Baird SmallCap Value Fund.
* As stated in the prospectus (pdf) dated 5/1/2018 ** Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between Heartland Advisors and Heartland Group, Inc., on behalf of the Fund, Heartland Advisors has agreed to waive its management fees and / or pay expenses of the Fund to ensure that the Fund's total annual fund operating expenses (excluding front - end or contingent deferred sales loads, taxes, leverage, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest expenses on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, or extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 1.25 % of the Fund's
average daily net assets for the
Investor Class Shares and 0.99 % for the Institutional
Class Shares through at least May 1, 2019, and subject to annual re-approval of the agreement by the Board of Directors, thereafter.
However, if you dig up the
average fund
investor returns by asset
classes, I suspect the story will be similar.
This isn't going to be too much use to the
average investor, except to say when you look at buying a company with dual share
classes, do this:
Juicy Excerpt: The vast majority of middle -
class investors following Buy - and - Hold strategies will earn a return significantly less than the
average return of 6.5 percent real.
For the period ending December 31, 2012, the Fund's 1 - year, 5 - year, and since inception (10/17/05)
average annual returns for the
Investor Class were 7.51 %, 1.17 %, and 6.54 %, respectively, and the 1 - year, and since inception (12/30/11)
average annual return for the Institutional
Class were 7.72 %, and 7.69 %, respectively.
The conventional wisdom recommends that the
average investor should go for the diversified approach and invest in mutual funds; this allows the
investor to manage their risk and spread it across many stocks and asset
classes.
Efficient market hypothesis says that it is very difficult for
investors to pick a group of stocks and beat the market, but it might be different in the case of asset
classes where it is possible to overweigh undervalued asset
classes beat the
average return of the global stock market.
Once investment funds are allocated among asset
classes based on the set percentage or weights, it is important for
average investors to stick with the plan, except periodic portfolio adjustments.
Though a bit more difficult for the
average investor to implement, it does show the merits of diversifying across several different asset
classes.
I believe that the
average middle -
class investor needs to be focused on the long run.
Here is a graph of returns by asset
class from JP Morgan with the
average investor returns added.
ETFs hit the ground running in the past few years, as their granular exposure has democratized a number of asset
classes that had one been virtually unreachable to the
average investor.
For the rest of this discussion, we will focus on getting rough estimates of the primary financial asset
classes — cash, bonds, and stocks — to develop a point of reference for the «
average investor.»
These asset
class proportions then become the
average asset allocation reference point for the
average investor.
In the Morningstar Indexes Yearbook: 2005, they analyzed how the
average index
investor did on their own versus those that are guided by an advisor using asset
class index - type funds from Dimensional Fund Advisors.
The Board has approved a distribution and shareholder servicing fee at the rate of up to 0.50 % for
Investor Class shares and 0.25 % for Institutional Class shares of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the relevant c
Class shares and 0.25 % for Institutional
Class shares of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to the relevant c
Class shares of the Fund's
average daily net assets attributable to the relevant
classclass.
Distribution Fees: The Trust, with respect to each Fund, has adopted the Trust's Master Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plan for
Investor Class shares and Institutional
Class shares (the «Plans»), pursuant to Rule 12b - 1 of the 1940 Act, which allows each Fund to pay the Fund's distributor an annual fee for distribution and shareholder servicing expenses of 0.50 % and 0.25 % of the Fund's
average daily net assets attributable to
Investor Class shares and Institutional
Class shares, respectively.
We found the do - nothing portfolio produced slightly better results than from either
investor returns or a straight
average of returns in every asset
class except for fixed income, where
investor returns came out on top.
Investors can choose from the
Class A shares (GOOGL: US) which have 1 vote per share & trade at a 2.5 % premium (close to the
average 2.4 % premium since 2014), or the
Class C shares (GOOG: US) which have no vote.
Without optimal strategies, the risk - adjusted asset
class returns of the
average investor will lag the market return by a much wider margin.
Asset
Class Returns vs the
Average Investor I'm not sure what most
investors are doing with their investments, but it isn't pretty.
Whether in bull or bear markets, reallocating assets from the better - performing asset
classes to the worse - performing ones feels counterintuitive to the
average investor.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and / or reimburse expenses at least through April 30, 2019 to the extent necessary to ensure that the total operating expenses do not exceed 1.10 % of the
Investor Class's
average daily net assets and 0.85 % of the Institutional
Class's
average daily net assets.
Ariel Global Fund (
Investor Class) had
average annual total returns of 16.2 % for the three - year period ended July 14, 2015.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its management fees and / or reimburse expenses of the Fund to ensure that Net Fund Operating Expenses for the Fund do not exceed 1.25 % of the Fund's
average net assets for the
investor class shares and 0.99 % for the institutional
class shares, through at least 5/1/2019, and subject thereafter to annual reapproval of the agreement by the Board of Directors.
While Zucks is valued at probably some new number they had to invent just for him, the
average Millennial has $ 30,000 in student loans, and combining that with things like
average starting salaries and annual savings rates, The College
Investor has estimated the
average net worth of Millennials ranging from around $ 20,000 for the
class of 2003 to - $ 39,000 for people who are currently 21 years old.
Crowdfunding has not only given a new
class of
investors access to previously exclusive deals, but has given people a repeatable model that was untenable to the
average individual
investor.
Jay Kerner: In 2014, multi-family experienced strong rent growth
averaging an estimated 5.9 percent in all segments: Lifestyle,
Class A, B + as well as B and C buildings across most areas of the U.S. Demand by both renters and
investors was unabated.