Not exact matches
In these vehicles, a portfolio manager attempts to outperform an
index,
versus just replicating an
index's
performance.
The Fund's calendar year
performance was weak in absolute and relative terms, declining 4 %
versus the MSCI World ex U.S.
Index's loss of 3 %.
Exhibit 1: Preliminary
Performance of Income Strategy
Versus High Yield, Equity
Indices, Through 4/27/181
The Fund's calendar - year
performance was weak in absolute and relative terms, declining 5 %
versus the MSCI World ex U.S.
Index's loss of 4 %.
The idea was this: the returns of a manager are equal to his alpha
versus a composite
index that best fits his
performance.
To prove the difference having a rule - based trading strategy and market timing system can make, check out the graphic below, which is a 10 - year historical comparsion of the
performance of The Wagner Daily newsletter
versus the benchmark S&P 500
Index:
Alpha and Beta are calculated based on a regression of monthly
performance data since inception
versus the S&P 500 total return
index.
This
index measures the greenback's
performance versus a basket of other currencies.
The Fund's calendar - year
performance was strong in absolute and relative terms, returning 29 %
versus the MSCI World ex U.S.
Index's return of 21 %.
This chart shows the
performance of the US S&P 500
index over the past two years
versus the Australian and Canadian equivalents, all expressed in US dollar terms.
Exhibit 2 shows the calendar year
performance of the S&P / TSX Capped REIT Income
Index versus the underlying benchmark.
This
performance history indicates that the compound return of emerging markets stocks was 11.3 %,
versus 10.4 % for the Standard & Poor's 500
Index SPX, -0.02 % Data sourced for this report comes from Dimensional Fund Advisors.
However, following similar times in the past, value investors achieved both strong absolute returns and robust relative
performance versus the market
indexes.
Following similar times in the past, value investors achieved both strong absolute returns and robust relative
performance versus the broad market
indexes.
The S&P
Indices Versus Active (SPIVA ®) Latin America Scorecard is a semi-annual report that compares the
performance of active mutual funds in Latin America against passive benchmarks.
The primary thrust of most academic analyses would be to measure the past total return
performance of the fund holding Toyoda Common,
versus indexes or other funds with the same investment style.
Any such
performance adjustment to the management fee will be applied monthly based upon the 36 - month rolling
performance of the fund
versus the applicable
index.
Security selection in Information Technology (IT) and Materials contributed to relative
performance but weakness in Industrials caused the Strategy to lag its benchmark, the Russell 3000 ® Value
Index, returning 0.79 % †
versus 1.29 %.
When writing about investment returns, they are most often presented as percentages and as relative
performance versus widely followed
indexes.
The S&P
Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) India Scorecard, which is a biannual report, attempts to capture the
performance of active funds (both equity and debt funds) domiciled in India against S&P BSE benchmarks over different time horizons.
With respect to what to do next with the shares, the site will allow you to compare the
performance versus the broad S&P 500 stock market
index, any of their main competitors or any other name that you might like to compare.
In a year marked by record breaking gains, it is particularly important to measure the relative
performance of active funds
versus the
indices as bull markets often present challenging conditions for active managers to overcome.
In the U.S. stock market, 87 years of
performance data (1928 through 2014) give small - cap value stocks a huge advantage: A compound return of 13.6 %,
versus 9.8 % for the Standard & Poor's 500
Index SPX, -0.57 % Data sourced for this report comes from Dimensional Fund Advisors.
The so - called SPIVA study (short for Standard & Poor's
Indices Versus Active), which can be found at spindices.com, compares the
performance of actively managed stock and bond funds to appropriate benchmark
indexes.
In fact, when Morningstar compared the
performance of the hedged
versus unhedged MSCI EAFE
index over the past 25 years, the results were essentially a toss - up.
Security selection in Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary boosted relative
performance and helped the Strategy outperform its benchmark, the Russell 3000 ® Value
Index, returning 6.07 % †
versus 5.08 %.
One year after the
index launch date, we present a performance analysis of the HYLV index versus the benchmark S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index for
index launch date, we present a
performance analysis of the HYLV
index versus the benchmark S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index for
index versus the benchmark S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond
Index for
Index for 2017.
Based on a 20 - year period ending December 31, 2017, the median long - tenured, actively managed large - cap fund has outperformed the S&P 500
Index 58 % of the time.3 The chart to the right illustrates an AMG Yacktman Fund investor's over or under
performance versus the S&P 500
Index based on a rolling 3 - or 10 - year investment.
Noting EIIB's operational progress, and spectacular equity market returns, that's a damning level of under -
performance —
versus, for example, the FTSE AIM All - Share
Index (up +20.3 % in 2013), the Bloomberg GCC 200
Index (+26.7 %), or the Dubai Financial Market General
Index (+107.7 %).
The idea was this: the returns of a manager are equal to his alpha
versus a composite
index that best fits his
performance.
But if anyone out there knows of an academic (I purposely do not say money management industry) study demonstrating consistently better
performance — after fees and taxes — of any actively managed stock fund
versus, say, an S&P 500 or Total Stock Market
index fund, please educate us in the comments to this post.