for my ETF taxable allocation, i guess it is somewhere between second grader and Swedroe's small -
cap value tilt: 50 % VTI (Total Stock Mkt) 20 % VWO (Emerging Mkt) 15 % VEA (Europe - Asia) 15 % VBR (Small - cap Value)(my fixed income is all in my tax - advantaged accounts)
The fund clearly exhibited a small -
cap value tilt.
Not exact matches
All three funds offer the same exposure: a
tilt toward smaller firms and weaker
value characteristics than our small -
cap /
value benchmark, with some notable sector
tilts.
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Fundamental indexing is just another form of enhanced indexing,
tilting the portfolio to
value, and smaller
cap, both of which tend to lead to outperformance.
Consider, e.g., an active manager who historically has
tilted away from his
cap - weighted benchmark in a systematic way (perhaps by emphasizing
value, or small size, or low volatility).
What we can see though is higher volatility & bigger gains in good years for the all -
value & small -
cap tilted age - 25 target date portfolios, which fits with expectations of them having higher risks and returns over time.
Paul's Ultimate Buy - and - Hold portfoliorecommends a very balanced and broadly diversified approach, whereas the Target Date Portfolio is heavily
tilted toward small
cap value and emerging markets.
Portfolios that are «
tilted» toward
value and small -
cap stocks add more risk, and therefore should have higher expected returns than the broad - market indices over the long term.
I'm not going to make any changes to the Über - Tuber on the Model Portfolios page for now, and I'll be giving some thought to how it might be streamlined without losing too much of its small -
cap and
value tilt.
This results in portfolios that look similar to those created by fans of factor investing, with
tilts toward
value stocks and small -
cap shares.
@Raman: Curious as to how you are
tilting to
value and small -
cap.
I only have a small -
cap and
value tilt for my international (US, EAFE and EM) equities.
Rather than recommend an all - ETF portfolio, de Thomasis prefers index mutual funds that
tilt portfolios toward small -
cap and
value stocks, such as those available from Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) or Invesco PowerShares.
For this second part, I used 35 % of a RAFI fundamental index, which apparently has more of a
value tilt and then 15 % small
cap:
Paul's Ultimate Buy - and - Hold portfolio recommends a very balanced and broadly diversified approach, whereas the Target Date Portfolio is heavily
tilted toward small
cap value and emerging markets.
As could be expected, due to equal - weighting of its positions this large -
cap ETP had a significant
tilt toward mid-
cap stocks, especially of
value characteristics.
Emerging Markets Allocation Vanguard has the lowest fees for international and there doesn't seem to be much else I can do to add a
value / small
cap tilt, especially since the allocation is such a small part of the portfolio.
It's important to note that «RAFI Size Factor» is not the same as the RAFI 1500 for small companies, but rather is a blend of four factor -
tilt strategies, each formed within the universe of small -
cap stocks: small
value, small momentum, small low volatility, and small quality (a factor that combines profitability and investment metrics).
I'm not a fan of
value and small
cap tilting.
By definition, a small -
cap /
value -
tilted portfolio will have some periods in which it underperforms a «total market» portfolio and some periods in which it outperforms.
«Even if small -
cap /
value outperformance was an inefficiency and it has been eliminated, there's no reason think that a portfolio
tilted toward small -
cap or
value stocks would perform any worse in the future than a «total market» portfolio.»
There is a great paper coming out of a wealth management shop here in LA that deconstructs the Yale returns even further (ie adding
value and small
cap tilts, a little leverage, etc).
Just to play the devil's advocate, Bogle, Malkiel and Sharp appear to say that non-market
cap weights in an index represent an attempt to
tilt toward
value and small
cap stocks, and that proponents incorrectly assume the historical premiums on these sub-sectors will persist into the future (investors tend to arbitrage away excess profits once detected).
We remained
tilted toward large -
cap stocks over small
caps, which aided results in the final three months of the year, but our preference for the
value style over growth was a minor detractor.
The chief investment strategist at WisdomTree explains the problems with the traditional method; ``...
cap - weighted indexes tend to
tilt towards growth over
value and towards larger companies over smaller ones.»
For investors who have
tilted their portfolios towards small
cap and
value stocks, like the clients at IFA, the gains have been even greater.
You'll note that Swedroe's portfolio is significantly
tilted toward small -
cap and
value equities (with the reasoning that their higher risk levels should bring higher expected returns).
In The MoneySense Guide to the Perfect Portfolio, I suggest a «
tilt» to small -
cap and
value for sophisticated investors with large portfolios.
DFA uses this methodology even in their «Core Equity» funds, but the
tilt to small -
cap and
value stocks is even stronger in their «Vector Equity» funds.
@James: I think it is worthwhile
tilting the portfolio towards
value and small
cap.
I am a closet Fama - French guy that enjoys having some
tilt towards large and small
cap value.
Tilt your portfolio towards small
caps,
Value stocks and highly profitable companies.
The IFA Indexes Times Series Construction goes back to January 1928 and consistently reflects a
tilt towards small
cap and
value equities over time, with an increasing diversification to international markets, emerging markets and real estate investment trusts as data became available.
Instead, it demonstrates the
value of a small
cap and
value tilt in global equity markets, since over the same period a Simulated S&P 500 Index only had a return of 9.53 % (with no fees deducted), at a standard deviation of 19.19 %.
I have always
tilted from the large -
cap bias of the Vanguard US Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) toward holdings with small -
cap value using the Vanguard small -
cap value ETF (VBR).
However, the financial research literature indicates that is you are going to chose between a large
cap growth mutual fund versus a
value mutual fund «
tilt» to a stock portfolio, at least, historically a «
value tilt» has achieved better cumulative long - term performance.
In addition, research reveals that a «
tilt» toward small -
cap and
value stocks (which can be riskier than the broad market) can increase expected returns over the very long term.