You can use the actual returns of the 22
benchmark indices shown on the table of mutual fund returns if you don't know what to input here.
Then compare that performance to the relevant
benchmark index shown on each graph.
Not exact matches
The chart below
shows indexed month - end stock prices for each bank during their CEO's tenure, as well as the performance of a
benchmark, the S&P / TSX Composite
Index Financials Sector
Index GICS Level 1 (STFINL):
In closing, the daily chart of the
benchmark S&P 500
Index below
shows that it's always a negative technical signal when distribution days cluster over a very short period of time:
The data from DALBAR
shows that the average fund investor trailed
benchmark indexes significantly.
Gains in the Fab Five have contributed a total of 30
index points to the
benchmark index this year through Wednesday, more than the 21 points that the S&P 500 added as a whole, data compiled by Bloomberg
show.
Over the past few months, PowerShares Aerospace & Defense ($ PPA) has
shown great relative strength to the
benchmark S&P 500
Index.
The recent stock - market boom has run ahead of itself and international investors
showed what they thought early this month by declining to include in the
benchmark global MSCI Emerging Market
Index stocks that are listed on the mainland, rather than in Hong Kong.
As
shown on the chart below, the
benchmark index bounced off near - term support of both its 20 - day MA and prior highs yesterday (March 4):
Analysis of the S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI) seasonal charts above
shows that a Buy Date of October 5 and a Sell Date of December 29 has resulted in a geometric average return of 2.39 % above the
benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return
Index over the past 20 years.
For the March quarter, the Equity and Income Fund
showed a loss of 1.6 %, compared to a 1.0 % loss for the Lipper Balanced Fund
Index, the Fund's performance
benchmark.
U.S. stock -
index futures rose, after the biggest four - day rally in three years sent equity
benchmarks to a record, as data
showed the world's largest economy surged in the third quarter.
For calendar 2017 as a whole, the Equity and Income Fund
showed a gain of 14.5 %, compared to 14.1 % for the Lipper Balanced Fund
Index, the Fund's performance
benchmark.
To tie all these topics together, below is a new bracket with 8
benchmark indexes that
shows that two
indexes that buy VIX call options (LOVOL and VXTH) had the lowest standard deviations over the past decade.
Although the NASDAQ uptrend may still be in effect, the chart pattern of the S&P 500
shows the
benchmark US
index is in much worse shape.
While the VIX
Index itself is a gauge and is not investable, Cboe offers the following VIX - related
benchmark indexes (all
shown in image above) that are designed to serve as
benchmarks for hypothetical investable performance over more than a decade.
Relative strength — Any stock or ETF that has broken out over the past few weeks automatically is
showing great relative strength to the S&P 500 because it has rallied to new highs ahead of the
benchmark index.
In financial literature, there are numerous citations of studies
showing the average mutual fund manager underperforms his or her
benchmark index after fees.
The year end 2013 SPIVA Australia Scorecard
showed that
benchmark indices outperformed the majority of their comparable actively managed funds over three - and five - year horizons.
Several studies have
shown that many active fund managers underperform the selected
index which they are
benchmarked against.
Exhibit 2
shows the calendar year performance of the S&P / TSX Capped REIT Income
Index versus the underlying
benchmark.
The reason why the tracking error chart
shows wildly different values is that while their numbers agree with my computations for XSP, the returns for the
benchmark index are very different.
The
index was launched on Sept. 11, 2008,
showing a seven - year live track record of consistent outperformance against the
benchmark, the S&P China A BMI (see Exhibit 3).
In describing their historical performance, private investment counsel firms will usually
show composite returns earned by their clients in an investment category like Canadian equity compared to a relevant
benchmark (in this case, the S&P / TSX Composite
Index).
The latest SPIVA Scorecard from S&P Dow Jones
Indices shows that more than 70 % of U.S. stock fund managers underperformed their
benchmark index over the past five years.
Take a look at this chart that
shows year - by - year comparisons between fund categories and their
benchmark index — and how many active funds were outperformed by their
index.
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.
The
benchmarks shown are unmanaged
indices of common stocks that are generally considered representative of the various capital markets.
It
shows that individual investors have, for much of the past 20 years, significantly trailed market
benchmarks, including the S&P 500
index.
A study Barry Feldman and Dhruv Roy, cleraly
shows the BXM
Index (CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite
Index), a
benchmark for an S&P 500 - based covered call strategy, had slightly higher returns and significantly less volatility than the S&P 500 over a time period of almost 16 years, despite the fact that covered calls have a truncated upside in the short term.
The information is intended to
show the effects on risk and returns of different asset allocations over time based on hypothetical combinations of the
benchmark indexes that correspond to the relevant asset class.
The long - only
benchmark indices — the S&P 500, Barclays Aggregate, long USD
index, and Bloomberg Commodities
index — all
show near - zero correlation to the systematic global macro (SGM) portfolio.
So investors are
showing sensitivity to European bank stocks and
indexes that have a large weighting of financials in their
benchmark index.
The CCIL Bond
Index didn't exist in March 2000 - 01 and hence the
benchmark is
shown as NA.
SPIVA reports across different regions, including the U.S., Canada, Europe, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Japan, and India,
show that
benchmark indices outperformed the majority of their comparable actively managed funds over the five - year period ending June 30, 2016.
3 The beta
shown for the
benchmark is a blended five - year calculation including the Fund's prior
benchmark, Barclays Capital U.S.Government / Credit Bond
Index, prior to May 1, 2013 and the current
benchmark, Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond
Index thereafter.
The
indexes shown for FUT and WYDE are reference
benchmarks.
The SPIVA reports published by S&P Dow Jones
Indices show that actively managed mutual funds under - perform their
index benchmarks more often than not.
However, the S&P
Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) India Year - End 2017 Scorecard
shows that a majority of active funds in the Indian Equity Large - Cap and Mid - / Small - Cap categories lagged their respective
benchmarks over the one - year period ending in December 2017.
This is
shown on the table of mutual fund, ETF, and
benchmark index returns.
The graph at the very bottom of the
Index Model (also
shown on the demo)
shows how the Fee - Based Models have done when properly compared to their
benchmarks.
Sources: Vanguard (for all returns and expense ratios
shown) and Morningstar (for
index returns underlying the 60/40
benchmark).