I also further agree that scheme names are confusing having nearly same mandate with some times same
benchmark index also.
Not exact matches
The
benchmark Standard & Poor's 500
index also hit an all - time high Friday of 2,367.34, and it's up 10.6 percent since the election.
In addition to scanning hundreds of daily ETF chart patterns every night, we
also use percentage change charts to compare the performance of numerous industry sectors with the
benchmark S&P 500 and / or Nasdaq Composite
indices.
Benchmark stock
indexes were
also volatile Wednesday, as investors mulled the impact of rising bond yields and disappointing earnings.
Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the
benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB
Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar
Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were
also among the commodity winners.
The study
also found that long - term annual returns of the MSCI KLD 400 Social
Index, which comprises firms scoring highly on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, outperformed the S&P 500, a
benchmark of the broader US stock market, by 45 basis points, since its inception in 1990.
Its base case for US stocks —
also tempered — calls for 1 % average annualized earnings - per - share growth in the Standard & Poor's 500
Index, the broad
benchmark of the US market.
This decision has
also enabled the fund to outperform its
benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40
Index, which still maintained a 46 - percent weighting in Russia as of the end of November.
Also, let's not forget that many institutions are
benchmarked to the version of the MSCI Emerging Markets
Index that EEM tracks, not the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Markets
Index that IEMG tracks.
Also interesting was the number of stocks in the Cosmic Balanced fund versus the
benchmark TSX Composite
Index.
State Street is
also changing the
indexes on three of the SPDR Portfolio ETFs, moving from Russell
indexes to brand - new in - house
benchmarks:
In addition to market
indexes and ETFs, the movement of stock prices of four main companies in the financial services sector — Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase, Berkshire Hathaway and Goldman Sachs — are
also sometimes utilized as
benchmarks for the entire sector.
Like $ QQQ, the S&P 500 SPDR ($ SPY), an ETF that represents the
benchmark S&P 500
Index, has
also found resistance near the upper trend line of its trend channel.
Inverse ETFs seek to provide the opposite of the investment returns,
also daily, of a given
index or
benchmark, either in whole or by multiples.
Compounding can
also cause a widening differential between the performances of an ETF and its underlying
index or
benchmark, so that returns over periods longer than one day can differ in amount and direction from the target return of the same period.
Long - only funds keep an eye on the
index for their
benchmark performance rate, and will
also be interested.
This gap is not reflected in Education Week «s McLoone
Index because New York City, although among New York state's poorest districts, is
also the state's median - spending district - and therefore the
benchmark for the McLoone
Index's comparisons.
Attendees
also gain complimentary, easy access to a tool to
benchmark their district or school against our Student Analytics Confidence
Index.
ETFs may include certain expenses that can reduce their net asset values, and thus affect their performances and
also affect a Client's portfolio performance or an
index benchmark comparison.
I
also have had a lower amount of volatility (as measured by standard deviation of day - over-day returns) then my
benchmark index (the S&P / TSX Composite In
index (the S&P / TSX Composite
IndexIndex).
It
also demonstrates the importance of
benchmark selection, especially when a single static
index is used.
Rick Ferri wrote in his book «All About
Index Funds» that 25bp below the
benchmark is regarded as an ideal target.John Bogle
also commented in his book «Common Sense on Mutual Funds» that the tracking error must be as close to zero as possible for market returns to be as close to 100 %.
Also some
indexes are rebalanced frequently, causing funds that follow them to trade more frequently to keep matched to the
benchmark.
There are
also indexes that serve as
benchmarks for bond funds, a variety of other investments, and investment strategies.
PWL Capital has
also provided a link to its own monthly market statistics, which include
index data that may help you
benchmark your own portfolio.
Although the above
indexes mention mid-cap stocks as well as large caps, the more popular S&P / TSX 60 is
also comparable, since it covers almost the same slice of the market as the FTSE
benchmark:
FWIW, the risk of underperformance
also came to mind, but I think that's mostly used to describe the risk of choosing, say, an actively - managed fund (or individual stocks) over a passive
benchmark index investment more likely to match market returns.
If an
index fund incurred excessive trading costs trying to replicate a huge and unwieldy
benchmark, that would
also be a problem.
They can
also compare the performance of equity oriented schemes with the
benchmarks like BSE Sensitive
Index, Nifty, etc..
The comparison
also includes performance of two
indices — one is the
benchmark of the fund, that is, S&P BSE Mid cap and the other is the broad market
index, Nifty 500.
The
indices also let analysts
benchmark a stock against other stocks with similar characteristics.
It's sorted by Sharpe but I've
also highlighted the top five funds (more in the case of a tie) in each measure with Vanguard's Total Stock Market
Index added as a sort of universal
benchmark.
The Standard & Poor's
Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard for the six months ended June 30
also showed most active fixed - income funds underperforming their
benchmarks, though managers of short - dated government debt did manage to best their
indexes in each of the one -, three - and five - year sampling periods.
Low - fee investments, such as
index funds or exchange - traded funds (ETFs) that simply track the broad market through a
benchmark index, may
also be worth considering.
Despite the previous discussion, let us be gracious and assume that the Dan Wiener finance newsletter performance data are accurate and furthermore let us
also assume that that the Wilshire 5000 is an appropriate
benchmark for a Growth Stock
index.
Most of the value
indices tracked by MSCI have
also trailed the World
benchmark (even excluding the performance of the US market).
2 — Avg returns generated by the respective Fund Categories and
also the respective
Benchmark indices can be considered when doing analysis.
Also,
benchmark investors» have been purchasing bonds to match their
index's duration extension for the May month - end rebalancing.
Investors should
also note the fund's rather high turnover — ranging from 40.44 % in 2004 to 85.85 % in 2006 (when the fund underperformed the
benchmark index by 30 %)-- and realize that the after - tax performance of HAX in taxable accounts is likely to be horrible.
It's interesting to note that the
Index Funds
also have beaten their
benchmarks.
The risk is
also lower than the concerned
benchmark index.
Also note that ERUS tracks an MSCI
index, like our
benchmark, which excludes Russian companies that incorporate and / or list overseas.
iShares
also changed the
benchmark on its long - term bond ETF, formerly offered under the ticker GLJ, to the Barclays U.S. Long Government / Credit Bond
Index.
Blog discussions may
also contain references or comparisons to
indexes or
benchmarks.
Which makes performance tracking that much easier both for me & for readers (note I
also exclude dividends, to be consistent with my
benchmark indices), it keeps attention focused purely on stock - picking (which, of course, is what the blog's all about!)
It
also provides a reason unrelated to fees for active managers» difficulty in beating their
index benchmarks.
Critical questions we received asked why we don't address the reason
index funds and ETFs
also underperform the
benchmark indices.
With about 50 % of the revenues of the S&P 500 companies coming from overseas, the
index is
also a leading
benchmark for developed markets worldwide.
The choice of a global property
benchmark is
also key, as the use of a REIT - only
index can be highly limiting from a geographical diversification standpoint.
If you prefer investing jargon, this is
also called «alpha», which is the excess returns of an investment relative to the returns of a
benchmark index.