The asset allocation backtesting tool uses
asset class return data to backtest simulated portfolio returns.
Not exact matches
Every year, a quantitative group within Franklin Templeton Multi-
Asset Solutions reviews the
data and themes driving capital markets in order to build
asset return expectations for different
asset classes for the next five to 10 years.
Asset owners use our research,
data, indexes and multi-
asset class risk management tools to determine whether the managers they hire are delivering appropriate risk - adjusted
returns.
Does fourth quarter global economic
data set the stage for
asset class returns the next year?
Using monthly
asset class returns as specified and monthly inflation
data during January 1926 through December 2012, he finds that: Keep Reading
Using total
return indexes for several
asset classes from initial
data availability (January 1927 at the earliest) through November 2008, they conclude that: Keep Reading
Instead, they allocate
assets based upon long - term historical
data delineating probable
asset class risks and
returns, diversify widely within and across
asset classes, and maintain allocations long - term through periodic rebalancing of
asset classes.
In order to do this I need to obtain historical total
return index
data for the various
asset classes.
Below is the historical
return comparison of an allocation designed to minimize downside capture (Portfolio 1), versus a traditional 60/40 allocation (Portfolio 2), and a 100 % U.S. stock allocation (Portfolio 3) from 1972 through 2015 (the longest period that we have
data on all the
asset classes):
Dave @ Excess
Return from Excess
Return presents Finding a Dependable Financial Advisor, and says, «Even the savviest of investment managers can not singularly select and track stocks in different
asset classes, and have experienced teams helping them with
data collection and analysis.
That's graphically illustrated in
data on 20 - year
asset class and investor
returns:
The
data sources for monthly
asset class returns are listed below.
Unlike Infrastructure, there is enough
data to demonstrate with statistical significance that Global Real Estate is a separate
asset class with its own independent risk and
return characteristics.
When a full year of
data is available it will be important to consider the impact of volatility in each
asset class by comparing the Risk Adjusted
Returns within each sector.
Prof. Siegel provides financial
data from 1802 through 2007 including: the relative performance of
asset classes, relative risk of each
asset class & style, IPO performance, bubble economies & aftermath, fundamental measures as predictors of future
returns, monetary policy, business cycles, technical analysis, calendar anomalies, etc., etc., etc..
According to
data from Societe Generale, the best - performing
asset class of 2015 has been stocks, whose meager 2 percent total
return (that is, including dividends) still surpasses those of long - term bonds, short - term Treasury bills and commodities.
Simulated index
data is based on a combination of performance of widely used total
return asset class - specific indexes and subjective judgement taking into account the current economic environment.
SPIVA divides mutual fund
return data into category tables covering different
asset classes, styles, and time periods.
Basically, you'd send a portfolio (text is fine - all that's needed is the full name of all of the investments and dollar amounts), and a time frame, and you'll get a custom benchmark portfolio shell comprised of the best available fitting indices for each
asset class back, with
returns looking back over any time frame (as long as the
data goes back).
This time series construction carefully stitches together 86 years of risk and
return data for the indexes referenced in this book, with the black - dotted outlined section representing the simulated indexes and the solid black lines representing live mutual fund
data for investable
asset class investments.
When gathering information to identify the risk and
return characteristics of the many
asset class indexes that belong in a diversified portfolio, the more quality long - term
data you have, the more accurate and probable are your expectations about future outcomes.