Sentences with phrase «indexes as benchmarks»

They just use different indexes as benchmarks.

BLK plans to invest in smaller firms that analysts cover less and therefore might be under - or overvalued, and returns will be judged using the Russell 2000 Index as a benchmark.

IEMG follows the same MSCI index as our benchmark and so it counts South Korea as an emerging market, in contrast to FTSE - based funds such as VWO.

Where investors can get confused and / or make mistakes, is that many total stock market index funds use the Wilshire 5000 Index or the Russell 3000 Index as the benchmark or, as Morningstar labels it, the «best - fit index.»

Using weekly dividend - adjusted returns for HSGFX during 11/21/00 (the earliest available) through 7/26/13 (660 weekly returns), along with contemporaneous weekly returns for the S&P 500 Index and the Russell 2000 Index as benchmarks, we find that: Keep Reading

SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF, on the largest real estate ETFs, uses the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index as its benchmark.

These annuities use financial indexes as a benchmark for earnings.

Sports Insights is a leader in sports betting information and has developed the Sports Investing Index as a benchmark of contrarian sports betting approaches.

ETFs such as the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG), which uses the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index as its benchmark index, offer diversified exposure to Asia and other emerging markets.

Today's Getting Going column by Jonathan Clements warns against using the S&P 500 Index as the benchmark (free) for portfolios.

By using the S&P STRIDE indices as a benchmark, those who adopt retirement income provisions into an IPS receive an appropriate yardstick against which they can gauge their progress.

Institutional bond investors often use the indexes as a benchmark against which to measure their performance.

Using the Hueler Index as a benchmark, the plaintiffs claim that by providing participants the Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund instead of a stable value fund, the plan sponsor caused the plan, participants and retirees to lose more than $ 41 million in retirement savings from February 2010 through June 30, 2017.

Be sure to select an appropriate index as your benchmark.

Every investment manager using cap weighted indices as a benchmark.

The use of a static single asset class index as a benchmark doesn't reflect how the target - date fund is invested and likely misrepresents the risk level of the fund.

The choice in funds is interesting: both the PowerShares and Blackstone funds intend to use the U.S. 100 Leveraged Loan index as a benchmark to their respective funds; however, Blackstone will look for outperformance by selection rather than passive tracking.

Passive investing, diversification and overall market index as a benchmark for performance are all a result of a blind faith in the EMH.

Already we see investors using the Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index and iShares US Minimum Volatility Index as the benchmark for their respective factors and I feel that is effective.

According to a MarketWatch article which cited study from S&P early this week, 70 % of large - cap stock funds that use the S&P 500 index as the benchmark failed to beat the index, which was down some 38 % last year.

The life insurance company uses the index as a benchmark to help determine any credits that the IUL policyholder may be entitled to.

Not exact matches

That point is debatable, as some emerging markets in which stocks were buoyed by planned index moves actually reversed sharply once the country's stock market was officially added to the benchmarks.

The chart below shows indexed month - end stock prices for each bank during their CEO's tenure, as well as the performance of a benchmark, the S&P / TSX Composite Index Financials Sector Index GICS Level 1 (STFINL):

The main stock index dropped by as much as 2.4 percent earlier, while the benchmark 10 - year government bond yield rose to 6.944 percent, the highest since August 2017.

In March, the Tadawul's progress received a timely boost to its preparations as the country's stock market received approval to join the benchmark FTSE Emerging Markets index.

The S&P / TSX Composite index, the main index for Canadian stocks, traded 0.2 percent higher at 15,668.93 as of 1:39 p.m. ET, which was the last update for the benchmark.

As all major US indexes plummeted into correction territory — with the benchmark S&P 500 suffering its worst week in more than two years — share buybacks stood at a standstill as companies sat paralyzed with feaAs all major US indexes plummeted into correction territory — with the benchmark S&P 500 suffering its worst week in more than two years — share buybacks stood at a standstill as companies sat paralyzed with feaas companies sat paralyzed with fear.

MSCI should add mainland Chinese stocks to its benchmark emerging markets index soon, some analysts say, especially as major U.S. asset managers push into China despite obstacles.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei Index surged as much as 0.8 percent before giving up all gains to end down 0.4 percent, while the broader Topix shed 0.44 percent to 901.15.

The fund is referred to as «aggressive» because the composition of the fund does not necessarily reflect the composition of its benchmark index: it may invest in preferred shares issued by Split Share Corporations, for instance, and is not required to hold such classes of shares as floating rate issues, which are expected to underperform for the foreseeable future.

The KBW Nasdaq family of indexes are closely watched benchmarks and are widely cited as barometers for the health of the financial sector.

U.S. Equity Funds enjoyed a record - breaking surge of fresh money during the second week of March, as investors shrugged off an impending U.S. rate hike and the internal struggles of Trump's administration and chased a rally that saw the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average Index climb more than 400 points in a day.

High - yield bonds delivered another year of strong performance in 2017, with the benchmark Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield 2 % Issuer Capped Index returning 7.2 % as we approached year - end.

Xiaomi's listing plans come as the company and its investors look to capitalize on a bull run for the Hong Kong market, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index rising about 27 percent over the past year.

Among other things, S&P is engaged in the business of developing, constructing, compiling, computing and maintaining various equity indices that are recognized worldwide as benchmarks for U.S. stock market performance.

Benchmark indexes close their worst week in nearly four years as a continued slowdown in China spooks equity and commodity traders.

The NASDAQ - 100 Index, often known simply as the NASDAQ, is one of the best known benchmarks in the world.

Benchmark indexes closed its worst week in nearly four years as a continued slowdown in China spooked equity and commodity traders.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index in Japan jumped 1.4 percent as the yen slipped, which eased pressure on exporters.

In fact, as 2016 entered the home stretch, the DJIA was running neck and neck with the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 Index, but pulled away from its two rival benchmarks during the post-election rally in the equity markets.

South Korea is excluded by rule as the index (like our benchmark) classifies it as emerging, not developed.

On June 9th, we announced that we expect to include China A-shares in our global benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, as soon as a few remaining issues related to market accessibility have been resolved.

As a result, the CSI 300 Index and the SSE 50 Index, the two major gauges of mainland - listed larger companies, now trade at the highest levels relative to the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

As of April 18, GOAU has outperformed a popular gold benchmark, the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, which tracks companies involved in the mining of gold and silver globally.

I'm pleased to share with you that our China Region Fund (USCOX) beat its benchmark, the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI), by an impressive margin for the one - year, three - year and five - year periods, as of August 1.

Benchmark stock indexes were also volatile Wednesday, as investors mulled the impact of rising bond yields and disappointing earnings.

It stems from the fact that PAF allocates much of its portfolio to South Korea — a country our MSCI benchmark doesn't classify as developed, but which is classified as such by some other indexes and the IMF.

Gains in the Fab Five have contributed a total of 30 index points to the benchmark index this year through Wednesday, more than the 21 points that the S&P 500 added as a whole, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

It is often represented as a single number (like 3 or -5), but this refers to a percentage measuring how the portfolio or fund performed compared to the benchmark index (i.e. 3 % better or 5 % worse).

Both phenomena apply to the broad stock market, this is to say, to benchmark indexes such as the S&P 500 or the DJIA.