There's not much wrong with this, as it is disclosed, but when your mutual funds can significantly change
asset class weightings at random, it makes using asset allocation techniques much less effective.
Not exact matches
Even with the different answers, not everyone could fundamentally index, because
at some point the member of the
asset class with the highest ratio of fundamental
weight as a ratio of float
weight will be bought up in entire.
Asset class weightings can either be fixed or dynamic;
at Scalable Capital we favour dynamic.
Notice that I added a new column
at the end for the
weighted average return for all ten
asset classes (assuming a ten percent stake in each
asset class rebalanced monthly).
From an indexing perspective, smart beta may be partially described as an index designed to deliver a particular factor (value, quality, momentum, etc.) or an index which alternatively
weights an
asset class or both those features
at the same time.
So
at the very least, make sure you understand your overall
weighting to the major
asset classes.
In this case, the share
class with the highest quarterly average
assets under management
at the beginning of the period was identified for each fund and then the
asset -
weighted returns were calculated.
At least one
asset class will be below its Allocation
Weight, so you'd just buy more of that (even if you «don't want to»).
Rebalancing is the technical
asset allocation term that basically means this:
At certain pre-defined intervals, you reshuffle
asset class (mutual fund) amounts back to their original recommended
asset allocation
weights.
This would be impractical to do monthly, and it doesn't need to stay
at exactly 15 % all of the time, so it's only done
at the beginning of every new quarter (or when the model's
weighting for that
asset class changes - which rarely happens anymore).