And don't mutual funds collectively underperform
their benchmarks after fees anyway?
Instead, the main talking point in support of passive funds is that «active managers on average fail to beat
the benchmark after fees.»
Instead, the main talking point in support of passive funds is that «active managers on average fail to beat
the benchmark after fees.»
According to Italian consultancy Prometeia, more than 80 % of the funds bought by private investors in Europe over the past three years failed to beat
their benchmark after fees were deducted (which is what matters after all, because that's the return that you, the investor, end up with).
Not exact matches
After discovering how much I was wasting on actively managed mutually fund
fees that didn't have a perfect track record for beating their respective
benchmarks, I switched to low cost index fund ETFs.
Better reporting should disclose
fees, provide
after fee rates of return over various time periods, and
benchmark returns for performance comparison.
The vast majority of fund managers will fail to outperform their
benchmarks in the long - term,
after their
fees have been deducted.
Wise financial stewards maintain command and control over their portfolio through better reporting which should disclose
fees, provide
after fee rates of return over various time periods, and
benchmark returns for performance comparison.
This is remarkable in light of the study's primary conclusion: Truly active funds (defined as funds with Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their
benchmarks on average even
after fees and expenses.
In financial literature, there are numerous citations of studies showing the average mutual fund manager underperforms his or her
benchmark index
after fees.
Examining 2,650 funds from 1980 to 2003, Cremers and Petajisto found the highest ranking active funds, those with an Active Share of 80 % or higher, beat their
benchmark indexes by 2 - 2.71 % before
fees and by 1.49 - 1.59 %
after fees.
A good advisor should be able to quickly show you your average annual return,
after fees, and how it compares to its appropriate
benchmark.
This is remarkable in light of the study's primary conclusion: Truly active funds (defined as funds with Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their
benchmarks on average even
after fees and expenses.
Concentration: Most mutual funds are bloated with hundreds of holdings and inevitably end up mirroring the
benchmarks (and trailing it
after fees).
Most active fund managers try to outperform their
benchmark indexes by picking stocks and making tactical plays, and most can not do this successfully
after accounting for their
fees and transaction costs.
The firms will be evaluated on their performance,
after fees, against the portfolio
benchmark (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index) over a full market cycle of highs and lows at an acceptable level of risk.
They have returned a CAGR
after fees of 15.69 % while the
benchmark returned 9.98 %.
(I compare
after -
fee returns to the ETF because the
benchmark returns are cost - free.)