Sentences with phrase «index in any given time period»

1) Most managed mutual funds can't beat their index over any length of time and it is impossible to predict which ones will beat the index in any given time period.

Not exact matches

Instead, Murphy said he has asked Ottawa to consider indexing the RRSP homebuyers plans, or giving more flexibility to qualifying first - time buyers in terms of amortization periods to lower monthly payments.

While floaters may be linked to almost any benchmark and pay interest based on a variety of formulas, the most basic type pays a coupon equal to some widely followed interest rate or a change in a given index over a defined time period, such as the year - over-year change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), plus a fixed spread in basis points (1bp = 1/100 of 1 % or.0index over a defined time period, such as the year - over-year change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), plus a fixed spread in basis points (1bp = 1/100 of 1 % or.0Index (CPI), plus a fixed spread in basis points (1bp = 1/100 of 1 % or.01 %).

Since you're not actually invested in the index, the insurer determines your return for a given period of time by multiplying your base cash value by the index's performance.

Many index fund proponents point out that, historically, stocks have never lost in any given 20 - year period of time.

If you're investing in the entire S&P 500, an S&P 500 index will tell you how that segment of the market has performed over a given time period.

Since you're not actually invested in the index, the insurer determines your return for a given period of time by multiplying your base cash value by the index's performance.

Yet, while the policyholder has the opportunity to increase returns based on positive market performance if the underlying index performs poorly and has negative returns in a given time period, principal in the cash value component is protected.

That is because if the underlying index performs poorly in a given time period, the return that is credited is simply a 0 %.