The excessive return of
the fund over the benchmark is called as alpha.
Not exact matches
The long - term doesn't look much better:
Over the last decade, roughly 70 percent of all mutual
funds underperformed their
benchmark.
GigaOm reported Snapchat is in the middle of closing a big round of
funding led by
Benchmark Capital, and our sources indicate it's raising
over $ 10 million at a $ 70 million valuation.
Historically, the Fed has responded to recession by cutting rates substantially, with the
benchmark funds rate falling by 400 basis points or more in the context of downturns
over the past two generations.
Statistics show that
over the past ten years 83 % of active
funds in the U.S. fail to match their chosen
benchmarks.
Outperformers (winners) are
funds with return observations for every month of the 15 - year period whose cumulative net return
over the period exceeded that of their respective
benchmark.
For comparative purposes, the S&P 500 ® Index (the «S&P 500»), which is the
Fund's
benchmark and is considered to be reflective of the US securities markets, had a total return of 23.63 %
over the same time period.
For comparative purposes, the S&P 500 ® Index, which is the
Fund's
benchmark, had a total return of 3.27 %
over the same time period.
Very few (if any) actively managed
funds will outperform a
benchmark index
over 15 years.
As the name implies, the dividend appreciation index
fund seeks to track a
benchmark against stocks that have a history of increasing dividends
over time.
To justify its active management fees, the Royce Small Cap Value
Fund must outperform its
benchmark (IWN) by the following
over three years:
Royce Small Cap Value
Fund is among a limited group of actively managed
funds that has justified its fees
over time through high quality asset allocation, the only reason to pay fees above the ETF
benchmark.
Over the long haul, most actively managed stock mutual
funds have underperformed the S&P 500 Index, the most popular and prominent
benchmark for index
funds.
The prime rate and LIBOR rate, two of the most prominent
benchmark rates, tend to track the federal
funds rate closely
over time.
The 15 top out - performers among actively - managed mutual
funds in China
over the past three years a beat
benchmarks by an average 15 percentage points, more than double the level in the U.S., according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
They have very tight internal controls on how far their managers can stray from their
benchmarks, so the
fund company itself has a lot of say
over each of the individual managers.
For instance, this year's
benchmark for the federal budget is $ 42 but oil now goes for
over $ 70 per barrel and instead of paying all the revenues to the Federation Account, the FG still operates an Excess Crude Oil Account contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court and they spend such
funds without recourse to appropriate authorities,» he said.
With the government removing fuel subsidies and oil marketers refusing to sell diesel at pump prices, the cost of doing business in Nigeria is expected to double
over the next three months especially as oil hits a
benchmark price of $ 38 per barrel with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) predicting a further drop to $ 20 per barrel by mid-year.
The two agree the state spends too little on education, favor giving local districts more discretion about how to use their
funding and share support for the Common Core State Standards, the national learning
benchmarks that have generated a backlash
over whether they undermine states» rights.
While many hedge
fund managers — and most mutual
fund managers — underperform their respective
benchmarks over time, their highest - conviction picks actually tend to outperform.
Over time, the equivalent position in IWO became even more dominant, which implies that the
fund's characteristics were getting closer to those of its
benchmark.
Jason Zweig of The Wall Street Journal recently cited an S&P study which found three quarters of active mutual
funds fail to beat their
benchmark over the long haul.
VIX futures indexes are mean reverting;
funds benchmarked to them should not be expected to appreciate
over extended periods of time.
The theory says that managed volatility
funds should be competitive with their
benchmarks over the long term by limiting losses during downturns.
Normally, these conditions would be ideal for active managers, but our report indicates that the majority of euro - denominated
funds invested in European equities trailed their respective
benchmarks over the one -, three -, and five - year periods.
The year end 2013 SPIVA Australia Scorecard showed that
benchmark indices outperformed the majority of their comparable actively managed
funds over three - and five - year horizons.
However,
over the last one - year period the
fund returns are lower than that of category and
benchmark, but not very far off.
Over the long term, actively managed bond
funds have not outperformed their
benchmarks as evident in the SPIVA U.S. Scorecard for year - end 2014.
Over the three - year and five - year period the
fund has outperformed its category returns and its
benchmark.
AAII Model Portfolios Real Estate Holding Distinguishes ETF Model Portfolio From
Benchmark AAII's Model ETF Portfolio is underperforming its benchmark due largely to the same holding that allowed it to beat the benchmark over other time periods — the holding in iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Maj
Benchmark AAII's Model ETF Portfolio is underperforming its
benchmark due largely to the same holding that allowed it to beat the benchmark over other time periods — the holding in iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Maj
benchmark due largely to the same holding that allowed it to beat the
benchmark over other time periods — the holding in iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Maj
benchmark over other time periods — the holding in iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors
Fund.
The SPIVA Australia Scorecard, which is published twice a year, tracks the number of actively managed Australian mutual
funds that were outperformed by their comparable
benchmarks over different timeframes.
The
fund has generated considerable returns outperforming the
benchmark and category
over three - year, five - year and 10 - year period.
For the past three years, the
fund has beaten its
benchmark, and its average annual return
over the last five years is almost 10 %.
What you have to do is check to see how has your
fund been performing versus its
benchmark index
over time.
Indeed, South African active equity managers underperformed their
benchmarks in all equity
fund categories and
over all time horizons.
The SPIVA India Scorecard reports on the performance of actively managed Indian mutual
funds compared with their respective
benchmark indices
over one -, three -, and five - year investment horizons.
The
fund is up an average of 9 % a year
over five years, better than 99 % of its foreign large - value peers... The goal is to offer investors broad exposure to international markets, but in a portfolio that doesn't simply mimic its
benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index.
Only a very small percentage of actively managed Canadian, US and international equity
funds beat their
benchmarks over the last five years, according to Standard & Poor's.
FWIW, the risk of underperformance also came to mind, but I think that's mostly used to describe the risk of choosing, say, an actively - managed
fund (or individual stocks)
over a passive
benchmark index investment more likely to match market returns.
In fact,
over most five - year periods, less than 10 % of actively managed
funds exceed their index
benchmarks.
Over the last 10 years, the mutual
fund's tracking error has amounted to a mere 0.09 % annually, and since its inception in 1999, the
fund has returned 5.15 %, three basis points more than its
benchmark index.
In all four books, the majority of recommended
funds lagged their
benchmarks over the ten - year period.
The SPIVA research returns fairly similar results every year; the vast majority of active
funds underperform their
benchmark over both the short term (one year) and the longer term (five years).
Most global, emerging market and U.S. active
funds underperformed their respective
benchmarks over one -, three - and five - year time horizons.
More than 75 % of its
funds have beaten their category
benchmarks over the past 15 years, and 80 %
over five years, according to Morningstar — remarkable for what some investors wrongly dismiss as index investing.
In the notes following the performance charts contained herein for each of our
Funds, we have always gone to great pains to point out the inherent inconsistency of equity returns, particularly in comparison to
benchmark indices
over shorter term measurement periods.
Over a one - year period, most U.K.
funds performed better than their
benchmarks.
Over the past year, about 74 % of European and Eurozone equity
funds did not beat their
benchmarks and among all
fund categories examined, the worst performing were
funds invested in global markets.
There are libraries full of scholarly studies that conclude that active
fund managers underperform their
benchmark indexes
over time, even before taxes are accounted for.
Interestingly Chris Joye provided an academic position in the AFR, but brushed
over the fact that most
funds available to retail investors on investment platforms keep their spot on the platforms because they don't deviate too far from the
benchmark.