Not exact matches
A few months ago, a fellow I recruited as CEO to two of my
Benchmark portfolio companies told me he never appreciated the value of the Wealthfront
Equity Plan until he joined a board where the board members were too cheap to do the right thing for their employees.
IXUS offers an extremely broad
portfolio of international
equities, tracking the same index that we use for our segment
benchmark.
A note of caution: the Sleepy
Portfolio has a large allocation to
equities and is a
benchmark for a young, aggressive investor.
We believe the jump in
benchmark U.S. Treasury yields after Trump's surprise win, and the accompanying move toward cyclicals and away from bond - like
equities, represent an important regime shift for financial markets and highlight risks to traditional
portfolio diversification.
He measures the attractiveness of adding anomaly premiums to the
benchmark portfolio by comparing Sharpe ratios, Sortino ratios and performances during recessions of five
portfolios: (1) a traditional
portfolio (TP) that equally weights
equity, term and default premiums; (2) an equal weighting of size, value and momentum premiums (SVM) as a basic anomaly
portfolio; (3) a factor
portfolio (FP) that equally weights all 10 anomaly premiums; (4) a mixed
portfolio (MP) that equally weights all 13 premiums; and, (5) a balanced
portfolio (BP) that equally weights TP and FP.
Specifically, his
benchmark portfolio captures the
equity, term and default premiums.
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash assets in income - generating securities such that the 3 - year weighted average yield on the
equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
equity component of the fund's
portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian
Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
Equity Fund
benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX
Equity Equity Index.
The Performance and Risk business provides investment decision support tools, including
equity indices, real estate indices and
benchmarks,
portfolio risk and performance analytics, credit analytics and environmental, social and governance products.
** The MSCI World Index (the
benchmark) is an unmanaged
portfolio of
equity securities used as a point of comparison for the strategy.
A note of caution: the Sleepy
Portfolio has a large allocation to
equities and is a
benchmark for a young, aggressive investor.
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash assets in income - generating securities such that the 3 - year weighted average yield on the
equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
equity component of the fund's
portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian
Equity Fund benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity
Equity Fund
benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX
Equity Equity Index.
** Index: The MSCI ACWI ex US Index (the
benchmark) is an unmanaged
portfolio of
equity securities used as a point of comparison for the strategy.
In order to improve
portfolio performance relative to an index or
benchmark, the Investment Manager will use both top - down and bottom - up research to allocate proportionately more of the ETF's
portfolio to stronger
equity sectors and issuers and allocate proportionately less of the ETF's
portfolio to weaker
equity sectors and issuers.
An Open - ended growth scheme with the objective of long term growth of capital, through a
portfolio with a target allocation of 100 %
equity by aiming at being as diversified across various industries and or sectors as its chosen
benchmark index, S&P BSE 200.
«As we designed our latest ETF offering, we wanted to squarely address investors» desire to diversify their core
equity portfolio with investment options that not only provide key
benchmark exposure, but also align their international
equity investments with their values,» says Martin Kremenstein, senior managing director and head of Exchange - Traded Funds at Nuveen.
A typical investment policy would see Canadian
equity managers limited to Canadian
equities benchmarked against the S&P TSX index and foreign
equity managers managing foreign
portfolios against foreign
equity benchmarks such as the EAFE or S&P 500 indices.
Despite my personal affection for the S&P 500, it is not the appropriate
benchmark for all U.S.
equity portfolios, let alone for an arbitrary average of mutual funds.
It is important to note that analysis up until the end of 2015 showed that the Sharpe ratio increased from 0.47 for the
equities benchmark to 0.68 for the
equity / bond
portfolio and to 0.7 for the
portfolio that included real assets.
As my
benchmark I used a passive
portfolio made of TD E-series Funds (40 % Bond, 30 % CDN
Equity, 20 % Intl
Equity, 10 % DJIA Index) and did regular monthly purchases from March 1, 2002 to present.
Index funds, on the other hand, present a simpler way to gain exposure to a wide range of
equities and are a good option for investors who are looking to match market
benchmarks or reduce their broader
portfolio's overall risk profile.
The
Portfolio seeks to capitalize on changing financial markets and economic conditions following a flexible policy for allocating assets according to a
benchmark of 35 - 55 %
equities, 40 - 60 % fixed income or debt and 0 - 20 % money market instruments.
Seeking out countries — instead of broad indexes - that can subsequently offer
portfolios favorable return and risk characteristics will likely end up being the strongest defense against the secular rise in the correlations of broad world
equity benchmarks.
Simply taking a neutral
benchmark perspective (based on GDP), half of every investor's
equity portfolio / allocation should now be devoted to emerging / frontier markets.
For many mutual fund managers, this gives them the incentive to never drift too far away from the
benchmark, whether that is an
equity index or an average
portfolio of peers.
According to the internal
benchmark policy, the
Portfolio Manager will use both ETFs and individual
equities to implement its tactical allocation strategy in which the volatility of each of the underlying positions determines the amount of option hedging.
Baird
Equity Asset Management's Small / Mid Cap Value
portfolio invests in small - to medium - cap U.S. companies and seeks to provide superior risk - adjusted returns and consistently outperform the
benchmark Russell 2500 Value Index over a full market cycle (typically 3 — 5 years).
It is best for people whose investment objective requires long - term growth of capital, in which a
portfolio with a 100 %
equity - linked
portfolio aims at being as diversified across various sectors and industries as its chosen
benchmark index, BSE 200.