For the 20 years ending December 2010, the S&P 500 Index averaged 9.14 % a year, but the
average equity fund investor earned only 3.83 % a year.
Through December 2016, the average Canadian diversified equity fund returned 4.37 % per year, yet the average diversified
equity fund investor earned 2.99 % annually over the decade — a 1.38 % gap.
Net returns, also known as the net internal rate of return (IRR) and an indicator of investors» actual profits, deduct
private equity fund investors» fees and expenses from a fund's gross profits.
For example, the typical
diversified equity fund investor would have had a return of 4.5 %, a hair better than the 4.4 % average fund return and well ahead of the 2.9 % average investor return.
In fact, a U.S. study by Dalbar Inc. showed that for the 20 years ending December 31, 2015,
U.S. equity fund investors earned only 5.19 %, compared to the S&P 500 return of 9.85 % (these returns are in U.S. dollars, compared to the Canadian dollar returns previously referenced).
After the shooting, Cerberus tried unsuccessfully to sell Remington, then known as Freedom Group, after coming under pressure from some of its
private equity fund investors.
With an annual loss of 30 % last year, asset allocation fund investors fared better than
equity fund investors.
To put that in even starker relief, each dollar invested in the index 20 years ago would now be worth $ 4.95; in the average equity fund, it would be worth $ 4.06; and the average
equity fund investor's dollar would be worth $ 1.45, representing just 11 percent of the growth provided by the market index.
The average
equity fund investor?