In the
Canadian equity category, the poor results of commodity - based stocks translated into weakness in other sectors, such as financials.
Which equity category has delivered the most consistently good return during the past three full market cycles?
Over a 20 - year period, one top - performer in the
Canadian equity category has delivered a compounded average annual return of 9.5 %.
Funds in the Canadian Small / Mid
Cap Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in securities domiciled in Canada, and their average market capitalization must be lower than the Canadian small / mid cap threshold.
The Average Passive is the average of all the Index Funds in the Morningstar Diversified
EM Equity Category.
For example, using Morningstar data, the Long /
Short equity category captured 41 % of the upside of the S&P 500 as compared with 61 % of the downside.
Performance for Class A units of Renaissance U.S. Equity Income Fund and the number of mutual funds in the Fund's U.S.
Equity category for the period ended December 31, 2017 is as follows: 4.6 %, 1300 funds (1 year), 12.2 %, 891 funds (3 years) and 15.0 %, n / a (since inception September 16, 2013).
Here is how I applied its formula: OK, a few comparisons that I found insightful: Mutual Shares Z MUTHX is the top performer in APR relative to SP500 and tops all risk adjusted return (RAR) indices in the 50
year equity category.
In the
U.S. Equity category, TD U.S. Quantitative has been a solid performer with acceptable bear market performance.
Based on the mutual funds included in the Lipper large - cap, multicap, midcap and small - cap
domestic equity categories and using the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect each year.
The report made a compelling argument to introduce a «base rate» level of funding per student, known as the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS), with extra loadings on top based on a number
of equity categories.
Funds in the Canadian Dividend &
Income Equity category must have a stated mandate to invest primarily in income - generating securities and must invest at least 70 % of their equity holdings in securities domiciled in Canada.
In the
US Equity category, that number is now 43 %, up from 38 % according to data from Morningstar.
David Taylor, portfolio manager of the IA Clarington Focused Canadian Equity Class, which outperformed its peers in Morningstar's Canadian Focused Equity and Canadian
Equity categories with a return of 35.5 per cent, made a gutsy call in the first couple months of 2016.
Canoe Energy Class (Series A) was awarded the 2017 Lipper Fund Award in the
Energy Equity Category for both the three and five - year periods ending July 31, 2017 out of a total of 14 Funds.
To see the starting lineup in the Canadian, U.S. and Global
Equities categories as well as the leading bond and speciality ETFs, pick up a copy of the February / March issue of MoneySense on newsstands now through March 31st or buy the digital download today.
Again in 2015, mid-cap value is the only
winning equity category, with the majority (67.65 %) of them outperforming the S&P MidCap 400 ® Value.
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (SST) is one of the longest running investment trusts in the
Asian equity category with a specialist focus on smaller companies.
Funds in the Health
Care Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in the Health Care sector.
Funds in the Precious
Metals Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in the securities of companies in the Gold and Precious Metals sector.
Funds in the Greater
China Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in securities domiciled in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan.
Funds in the Financial
Services Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in the Financial Services sector.
Funds in the Asia Pacific
ex-Japan Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in securities domiciled in 2 or more countries in the Asia / Pacific Rim region.
Funds in the Real
Estate Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in the Real Estate sector.
Funds in the
Japanese Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in securities domiciled in Japan.
The 2017 edition of the MoneySense ETF All - Stars does just that, providing three recommendations in each of the three
major equity categories, plus five in the fixed - income category.
: While Kotak Opportunities Fund have performed equally well over various time horizons, in terms of risk - adjusted return, our preferred ones are Kotak Select Focus and Birla Equity Fund, in space of
Multi-cap Equity category.
Funds in the
European Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in a diversified portfolio of securities domiciled in 2 or more countries in Europe.
Funds in the North
American Equity Category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in securities domiciled in Canada and / or the United States but less than 50 % of their equity holdings in securities domiciled in Canada.
Funds in the Emerging
Markets Equity category must invest at least 90 % of their equity holdings in a broadly based portfolio of securities from emerging markets countries.
I've calculated active cost across the Canadian
Equity category using the MER of each fund's lowest share class — almost always the commission free, fee - based series.
Gibson Dunn is also competing in the
private equity category alongside Debevoise & Plimpton, Freshfields, Goodwin Procter and Hogan Lovells.
The Average Active is the average of all the active funds (non - «Index Funds» and non - «Enhanced Index Funds») in the Morningstar Diversified
EM Equity Category.
Funds in the Canadian Focused Small / Mid
Cap Equity category must invest at least 50 % and less than 90 % of their equity holdings in securities domiciled in Canada, and their average market capitalization must be lower than the Canadian small / mid cap threshold.
More recent Morningstar research by Christopher Davis and Michael Keaveney found that 86 % of funds in the broad Canadian
Equity category underperformed their benchmarks over the previous decade.