Did the truck adhere to
trucking industry weight requirements and restrictions, and was the truck loaded properly and securely?
These key characteristics
include industry weightings and market capitalization, as well as certain financial measures, such as price / earnings ratio and dividend yield.
Microsoft has been ranked the second most valuable brand in the world in a new report
evaluating industry weight, sales and earnings.
The Small - Cap and SMid - Cap Equity strategies are concentrated strategies that are not managed to a benchmark, so there are material differences in characteristics, such as the number of holdings and sector and
industry weightings.
The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and
industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of the Underlying Index.
For example, investments made for a portfolio may differ significantly in terms of security holdings,
industry weightings and asset allocation from those of the index.
Impact on sector and
industry weightings is also considered.
Second, it is possible to have a safer Canadian portfolio by owning stocks that more closely reflect the Canadian economy and less closely the S&P / TSX's
industry weightings.
The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and
industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of the underlying index.
Asset allocation may have a more significant affect on performance returns than
industry weighting, stock selection, market timing or any other portfolio management decision.