But don't index funds outperform the majority of managed
funds on a total return basis (especially since their overall costs are much lower)?
However, if you are looking for the fund that enhances the risk - adjusted return of portfolio, there isn't enough information to say at this point; it is meaningless to compare a fund with market exposure with a market neutral
fund on a total return basis.
Not exact matches
Mutual
funds are generally more tax inefficient than ETFs and, as a result, are typically more negatively impacted than ETFs when comparing performance
based on post-tax
returns rather than
total returns.
As of April 30, 2014, the Highland Long / Short Healthcare
Fund Class A, A-LW, C and Z absolute rankings were 2, 2, 4 and 1, respectively,
based on Total Return for the 1 - year period among 246
funds in the Morningstar Long / Short Equity Category.
Already, he said, the
Total Return mutual
fund makes headlines when it makes asset allocation changes and shares that information
on a monthly
basis.
Still, we can expect a certain amount of day - to - day volatility in the Strategic
Total Return Fund based on the day - to - day fluctuations in precious metals shares.
The pool
returns are
based on the
total returns of the underlying mutual
funds in each pool, minus operating expenses of Schwab Charitable.
What's more, the launch of PIMCO
Total Return ETF should demonstrate to all other active
fund managers and experienced mutual
fund firms that ETFs
based on existing
funds are feasible,» he added.
Lipper rankings are
based on total return without sales charge relative to all share classes of
funds with similar objectives as determined by Lipper.
Strategic
Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3.5 years in Treasury securities (meaning that a 100
basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the
Fund by about 3.5 %
on the
basis of bond price fluctuations), and holds about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.
Hartford Schroders Tax - Aware Bond
Fund uses a value - driven approach to seek
total return on an after - tax
basis by investing in a portfolio of predominantly investment grade, fixed - income securities.
For now, the Strategic
Total Return Fund continues to carry a limited duration of about 2 years (meaning that a 100
basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the
Fund by about 2 %
on the
basis of bond price fluctuations), mostly in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities.
Based on particular strength in the precious metals market mid-last week, I reduced the exposure of the Strategic
Total Return Fund in precious metals shares, from close to 18 % of assets down to just over 10 %.
Strategic
Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3 years in Treasury securities (meaning a 100
basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact
Fund value by about 3 %
on the
basis of bond price fluctuations), with about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.
A subscriber requested confirmation of the performance of a simple momentum strategy that each month selects the best performing debt mutual
fund based on total return over the past three months.
SACEMS each month picks winners from the following set of exchange - traded
funds (ETF)
based on total returns over a fixed lookback interval:
This strategy each month picks winners from the following set of exchange - traded
funds (ETF)
based on total returns over a specified lookback interval:
According to the statement, which is
based on the interim report
on the financial and assets recoveries made by the various government agencies from 29 May 2015 to 25 May 2016, the
Funds Awaiting
Return From Foreign Jurisdictions
total $ 321,316,726.1 (Three hundred and twenty one million, three hundred and sixteen thousand, seven hundred and twenty six Dollars, one cent); 6,900,000 Pounds (Six million, nine hundred thousand Pounds) and 11,826.11 Euros (Eleven thousand, eight hundred and twenty six Euros, 11 cents).
Strategic Dividend Value is hedged at about half the value of its stock holdings, and Strategic
Total Return continues to hold a duration of just over 3.5 years (meaning that a 100
basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact
Fund value by about 3.5 %
on the
basis of bond price fluctuations), with less than 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.
To put that in other words, what they show is how well each
fund did compared to the rest in their class,
on the
basis of their
total returns after discounting sales charges, loads and redemption fees, and including a «penalty» if the
fund experienced larger price fluctuations, in average, than its alternatives (or a plus if it suffered smaller ones).
This figure — which should appear
on a bond
fund's website — estimates the
fund's
total return based on interest income minus any capital losses.
After investigating and writing about ETFs for years, I've found a few of my favorite
funds,
funds that I believe will best the benchmark (the S&P 500 (SPY)-RRB-
on a
total returns basis, and potentially
on a risk - adjusted
basis, too.
Investors who purchase these
funds in equal quantities would have a good mix of large and small cap U.S. stocks that would likely beat or exceed the performance of the S&P 500
on a
total returns basis.
The following tables summarize top and bottom performing families,
based on the percentage of their
funds with
total returns that beat category averages since inception:
Strategic
Total Return carries a duration of about 3.5 years, meaning that a 100
basis point move in interest rates would be expected to affect
Fund value by about 3.5 %
on the
basis of bond price fluctuations, about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.
* The Morningstar percentile ranking is
based on the
fund's
total return relative to all
funds that have the same category for the same time period.
The fine print stated the following: Rankings are
based on total return and do not include the effects of sales charges The rankings were
based on the
funds» Class Z shares.
The top performing
funds,
based on 3 Year
total return, within the various category screens are shown in the initial display along with the all the NLNTF All - Star
funds of the corresponding category.
Strategic
Total Return has a duration of about 3 years in Treasury securities (meaning that a 100
basis point move in interest rates would be expected to affect
Fund value by about 3 %
on the
basis of bond price fluctuations), just over 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.
Strategic
Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3 years (meaning that a 100
basis point move in bond yields would be expected to impact the
Fund by about 3 %
on the
basis of bond price fluctuations), with about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and a few percent of assets in utility shares.
The simple solution is to track the
total return of the indexes (or index
funds) against your own holdings
on a one - to - one
basis.
Question 3: At the end of each year,
funds are sorted within their category
based on their five - year
total return.
Based on the experience of Pimco's ETF version of its
Total Return Fund, investors are hungry for active ETFs.
Based on returns for the asset class (not the
funds), a Couch Potato that used the
total bond market index would have earned at a compound annual rate of 9.27 percent over the last 30 years while one that used inflation - protected bonds would have earned at a compound rate of 9.24 percent.
The Allocation
Fund's Ending Account Value
on the first line in the table is
based on its actual
total return of (8.30) % for the period of December 31, 2010 (the day the Income
Fund commenced operations) to May 31, 2011.
Lipper rankings are
based on total return without sales charge relative to all share classes of
funds with similar objectives as determined by Lipper.
The Fairholme
Fund's Ending Account Value
on the first line in the table is
based on its actual
total return of 1.86 % for the six - month period of December 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011.
Mutual
funds are generally more tax inefficient than ETFs and, as a result, are typically more negatively impacted than ETFs when comparing performance
based on post-tax
returns rather than
total returns.
The exposure of Hussman Strategic
Total Return Fund to each asset class within the Fund's investment universe is generally aligned with the Advisor's estimate of the expected return / risk profile for that asset class, classified based on prevailing market condi
Return Fund to each asset class within the
Fund's investment universe is generally aligned with the Advisor's estimate of the expected
return / risk profile for that asset class, classified based on prevailing market condi
return / risk profile for that asset class, classified
based on prevailing market conditions.
The Green Century Equity
Fund seeks to achieve long - term
total return that matches the performance of an index comprised of the stocks of companies selected
based on environmental, social and governance criteria.
The
fund may loan portfolio securities to qualified broker - dealers or other institutional investors provided: (1) the loan is secured continuously by collateral consisting of U.S. government securities, letters of credit, cash or cash equivalents or other appropriate instruments maintained
on a daily marked - to - market
basis in an amount at least equal to the current market value of the securities loaned; (2) the
fund may at any time call the loan and obtain the
return of the securities loaned; (3) the
fund will receive any interest or dividends paid
on the loaned securities; and (4) the aggregate market value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed one - third of the
total assets of the
fund, including collateral received from the loan (at market value computed at the time of the loan).
Based on total return out of 221
Funds in the Mid-Cap Blend Category.
Chancellor Capital Management / Invesco, Inc. (City, ST) 1995 — 2000 Partner and Managing Director — Institutional Fixed Income • Manage in excess of $ 44 billion, approximately $ 20 billion of which were managed with a
total rate of
return objective • Focus in mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities • Create and implement strategy for all MBS and ABS investments for
total rate of
return portfolios • Responsible for risk management including establishing and monitoring appropriate risk levels • Collaborate with CIO in management of all core portfolios benchmarked against the Lehman Aggregate Index • Run weekly strategy meetings defining portfolio construction in conjunction with Investment Policy Committee guidelines • Oversee assets in excess of $ 10 billion including pension
funds, public
funds, and insurance
funds • Conduct client reviews and new business presentations
on a regular
basis • Serve as point person for key strategic partnerships
based out of New York
What I'm saying is, I'm arbitrarily making up the
return for the investor
based on 1/10 of their investment in the
total fund amount.