To investigate,
we compare differences in returns (value - minus - growth, or V — G) for each of the following three matched pairs of value - growth ETFs:
Not exact matches
(Reminder: «Alpha» refers to the
difference in return for an investment
compared to a relevant benchmark.
There was no statistically significant
difference in time to
return to play or games missed when
comparing offensive and defensive players.
However, adding
in the fees and the premium you pay for the ETF, your
returns will be more like 2.64 %, a BIG
difference compared to the stated
return of 4 %.
When
compared to the S&P 500, the average
difference in return is about 17 % a year over the last 50 years.
However, as there will always be
differences in return rates, you need to
compare all the brokers to as certain which provides the best.
The fund performance is
compared to benchmark performance
in the third column titled «
return difference», which is just the fund performance
in the first column minus the benchmark performance
in the second column.
Real
returns of 3 percent,
compared to the historical real
return of 7 percent, will make a tremendous
difference in the saving patterns needed to meet future liabilities.
How does the
difference in holdings affect the fund's
returns compared to EEMV?
Compare this to loans that are 35 months old; regardless of if the loan defaults or prepays by the end of the 35th month, the
return series
in each case will be similar to
differences only
in the last few months of
returns, and the
difference in variances of the defaulting and paying loans will be much smaller than the 9 months example above.
When
comparing the performance of two indexes, the tracking error is the standard deviation of the
differences in their monthly
returns.
As shown
in Figure 4.3, planners also can use the equal outlay method to
compare two or more fixed - premium policies, or to
compare a term policy to a whole life policy,
in the following manner: Hypothetically, «invest» the
differences in net annual outlay
in a side fund at some reasonable after - tax rate of
return that essentially keeps the two alternatives equal
in annual outlay.
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