In the chart below, I subtracted the returns of the Vanguard Small Cap Value ETF VBR, which tracks the CRSP US
Small Cap Value Index, from the Vulcan fund's returns.
Vanguard's
Small Cap Value Index Fund (VISVX) has beaten the market handily, as the research says it should.
If the original 4 equity indexes from 1928 (IFA US Large Company Index; IFA US Large Cap Value Index; IFA US Small Cap Index; IFA US
Small Cap Value Index) are held constant until December 2012, the annualized rate of return of this simplified version of IFA Index Portfolio 100 is 10.67 %, after the deduction of a 0.9 % IFA advisory fee and a standard deviation of 23.59 %.
Q: I am under 30 and considering putting all of my 401k into
a small cap value index fund.
As I'm sure you noticed, the U.S.
small cap value index 40 - year average compound rate of return was 13.7 %.
I would be interested in your thoughts on owning BRK vs
Small cap value index over the next 10 + years.
VBR is based on the CRSP US
Small Cap Value index which also complements SLYV nicely.
You can also buy indexes that mimic lesser - known indexes like the S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap Index and the Dow Jones
Small Cap Value Index.
For example, take the Vanguard
Small Cap Value index fund (VISVX), which is based on the S&P 600
Small Cap Value index and is the counterpart to Dimensional's DFA US Small Cap Value (DFSVX).
VSIAX tracks the CRSP U.S.
Small Cap Value Index and uses a full - replication strategy by owning all the stocks in the index.
The Vanguard
Small Cap Value Index Fund Admiral Shares (VSIAX) is a low - cost, passively managed index fund that tracks the value segment of small - cap U.S. stocks.
The small cap value index has compounded at more than 13 % over the same period.
Not exact matches
From April 5th through Friday of last week, the
small -
cap Russell 2000 has declined by 14.3 %, the S&P 600 MidCap
Index has declined by 10.6 %, and the equal - weighted all -
cap Value Line Arithmetic has declined by 11.7 %.
Core International Fidelity ® International Enhanced
Index Fund (FIENX) Fidelity ® International Capital Appreciation Fund (FIVFX) Fidelity ® Total International Equity Fund (FTIEX) Fidelity ® International Discovery Fund (FIGRX) Fidelity ® Diversified International Fund (FDIVX) Fidelity ® Overseas Fund (FOSFX) Fidelity ® International Growth Fund (FIGFX) Fidelity ® International
Value Fund (FIVLX) Fidelity ® International
Small Cap Fund (FISMX) Fidelity ® International
Small Cap Opportunities Fund (FSCOX)
The SPDR S&P 600
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cap - weighted
index of US
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value stocks.
SLYV is one of three funds in the
small -
cap value segment tracking the S&P SmallCap 600 Value index, and happens to be the cheapest of the
value segment tracking the S&P SmallCap 600
Value index, and happens to be the cheapest of the
Value index, and happens to be the cheapest of the lot.
Just like the
small -
cap value fund, the mid-
cap value index fund looks to achieve the same balance, expect with larger companies.
Just like the
Small cap growth index, the main risk with the Small - Cap value index is the fact that we're investing in small - cap compa
Small cap growth index, the main risk with the Small - Cap value index is the fact that we're investing in small - cap compani
cap growth
index, the main risk with the
Small - Cap value index is the fact that we're investing in small - cap compa
Small -
Cap value index is the fact that we're investing in small - cap compani
Cap value index is the fact that we're investing in
small - cap compa
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cap compani
cap companies.
The Vanguard
small -
cap value index fund looks to take an
index - like approach and invest in
small -
cap stocks that appear to be undervalued at current levels.
The
small cap value allocation capitalizes on the Fama and French research that suggests that over the long term,
small cap and
value stocks outperform the overall
indexes.
The Balanced Asset Class
Index which included large
caps,
small caps,
value stocks and bonds fared much better than the all - stock options and outperformed the other options over the full cycle 4 out of 5 times.
The correlation of the
small cap value to the total U.S.
index is 88 %.
I would like to understand better the extent to which today's investor could realistically expect to improve his long - term returns by moving money from an S&P
index to either a
value index or a
small -
cap index.
We reach the same conclusion when we compare Pinnacle just against Morningstar's «Gold» rated
small cap value funds and Vanguard's SCV
index.
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Some numbers: From 1928 through 2014, U.S.
small -
cap value stocks turned in a compound annual return of 13.6 % (compared with 9.8 % for the Standard & Poor's 500
Index SPX, +1.26 %).
In its best year, 1933, the
small -
cap value index was up 125.2 %.
From 1928 through 2014 there were 48 periods of 40 - years, and in every case the
small -
cap value index had a compound return above 11 %.
Fundamental
indexing is just another form of enhanced
indexing, tilting the portfolio to
value, and
smaller cap, both of which tend to lead to outperformance.
So, equally weighted large
caps at the core with large
cap pure style weighted
indices, both growth and
value, can give more of performance usually generated by a separate
small cap allocation.
The Vanguard Russell 2000
Value Index VTWV, +0.95 % has less turnover and almost three times as many holdings as Vanguard S&P
Small -
Cap 600
Value Index VIOV, +0.79 %.
My core is in
index funds, but weighted more toward
value and
small - to - mid
caps than a strict market capitalization approach.
I can fairly easily rule out the Vanguard
Small - Cap Value Index VBR, +0.30 % as it has only 65 % of its holdings in small - cap stocks and only 34 % in small - cap - value st
Small -
Cap Value Index VBR, +0.30 % as it has only 65 % of its holdings in small - cap stocks and only 34 % in small - cap - value stoc
Cap Value Index VBR, +0.30 % as it has only 65 % of its holdings in small - cap stocks and only 34 % in small - cap - value st
Value Index VBR, +0.30 % as it has only 65 % of its holdings in
small - cap stocks and only 34 % in small - cap - value st
small -
cap stocks and only 34 % in small - cap - value stoc
cap stocks and only 34 % in
small - cap - value st
small -
cap - value stoc
cap -
value st
value stocks.
And Third Avenue remains fiercely independent: the active share for the
Value Fund is 98.2 % against the MSCI World
index,
Small Cap Value is 95 % against the Russell 2000
Value index, and International
Value is 97.6 % against MSCI World ex US.
As an
index covering
small -
cap value stocks, VSIAX makes an ideal core position paired alongside a U.S.
small -
cap growth fund or as a way to overweight
value stocks.
In the international markets, the large
cap index has way under - performed the international
value and
small cap asset classes.
30 % — Large -
Cap Stocks — S&P 500
Index 30 % — International — MSCI EAFE 30 % —
Small -
Cap Value — Russell 2000
Value 10 % — Bonds — LB Agg Bond
Index
LB Agg Bond
Index — Investment - Grade Bonds S&P 500
Index — Domestic Large -
Cap Stocks Russell 2000
Value Index — Domestic
Small -
Cap Value Stocks MSCI EAFE — International
De Thomasis's portfolios may include emerging markets, foreign bonds, real - return bonds, real estate, commodities, a blend of large and
small caps,
value and growth, and traditional and fundamentally weighted
indexes.
Portfolios that are «tilted» toward
value and
small -
cap stocks add more risk, and therefore should have higher expected returns than the broad - market
indices over the long term.
If you're willing to handle more portfolio complexity, I think the risk of a poor long - term outcome (e.g., large -
cap US stocks have an extended period of poor performance) is reduced by further diversifying into low - cost
index funds that invest in REITs,
small -
cap value, large -
cap value, and
small -
cap blend.
Core International Fidelity ® International Enhanced
Index Fund (FIENX) Fidelity ® International Capital Appreciation Fund (FIVFX) Fidelity ® Total International Equity Fund (FTIEX) Fidelity ® International Discovery Fund (FIGRX) Fidelity ® Diversified International Fund (FDIVX) Fidelity ® Overseas Fund (FOSFX) Fidelity ® International Growth Fund (FIGFX) Fidelity ® International
Value Fund (FIVLX) Fidelity ® International
Small Cap Fund (FISMX) Fidelity ® International
Small Cap Opportunities Fund (FSCOX)
There are plenty of
index funds available that allow you to tap into U.S. large -
cap and
small -
cap value stocks.
Table 3 represents
Small Cap Value (SV) managers, 33.6 % of whom outperformed the
Small Cap style
index.
A low - cost portfolio (preferably using
index funds, but that's MY choice) that included international (both developed and emerging markets) funds and REITS with a bias toward
small -
cap and
value stocks (also include International components) and rebalanced occasionally could provide 7 - 8 % (depending on your allocation) during those lean years.
Standard investment trust risks apply — the fund may decline in
value, trade at a persistent discount to NAV or fail to outperform a similar passive
small cap index fund.
And why buy the whole market instead of zeroing in on
small -
cap stocks,
value stocks, and low - beta stocks, all of which have outperformed the broad
indexes?
I did better than
value indexes, and better than
small caps.
Rather than recommend an all - ETF portfolio, de Thomasis prefers
index mutual funds that tilt portfolios toward
small -
cap and
value stocks, such as those available from Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) or Invesco PowerShares.
For this second part, I used 35 % of a RAFI fundamental
index, which apparently has more of a
value tilt and then 15 %
small cap: