If you measure the performance of one category of
investment against the benchmark of another, you may not have the best information.
At that point you would focus on investment performance and compare the performance of
your investments against your benchmark.
Not exact matches
«In addition to adopting industry - wide reforms related to participation in
benchmark rates, Citi has made substantial
investments in its systems, controls and monitoring processes to better guard
against inappropriate behavior,» the bank added.
At present, only Chinese shares traded in Hong Kong are part of the index, and $ 1.7 trillion in
investment funds are
benchmarked against the index.
Thus make a plan that keeps your spouse advised of
investment decisions — for example, I prepare and review with her a monthly report on changes to
investment value (
against a melded S&P 500
benchmark), also quarterly net worth statements, and semi-annual asset allocation summaries.
After
Benchmark filed an unprecedented lawsuit
against Uber's former CEO on Thursday, Puliatti now says there is «no way» that he will accept an
investment from one of Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capital firms.
Benchmarking against an index is really the best way to objectively evaluate
investment performance.
Since portfolio risk is often measured
against a
benchmark, tracking error is a commonly used metric to gauge how well an
investment is performing.
If you hire an advisor, you should meet with the advisor at least annually to measure your portfolio's performance
against appropriate
benchmarks, and discuss any changes in your
investment objectives.
While some plan sponsors may worry that CITs have a tracking error
against their
benchmarks, it is typically quite small and can sometimes be smaller than the tracking error found in a mutual fund, because CITs are design exclusively for retirement plans, says Jeffrey McConnell, chief
investment officer at Graystone Consulting in Purchase, New York.
Luciano Siracusano, chief
investment strategist at WisdomTree explains, «WisdomTree's existing suite of dividend - and earnings - weighted ETFs have typically tapped into the smart beta factors of value, quality and size and, in many instances, have outperformed their market capitalization - weighted
benchmarks, while exhibiting relatively low tracking error
against those
benchmarks.
So, in your
investments it is very important to have a
benchmark to compare
against.
Alpha, often considered the active return on an
investment, gauges the performance of an
investment against a market index or
benchmark which is considered to represent the market's movement as a whole.
Tax savings or ELSS is a unique category where the funds can
benchmark against different indices and follow different
investment strategies.
This investor may have found the easiest way to generate significant excess returns when
benchmarked against the S&P 500, as well as a way to ride the
investment styles of some of the greatest value investing hedge fund managers out there... This could be the holy grail folks.
A typical
investment policy would see Canadian equity managers limited to Canadian equities
benchmarked against the S&P TSX index and foreign equity managers managing foreign portfolios
against foreign equity
benchmarks such as the EAFE or S&P 500 indices.
Knowing how your mutual funds, ETFs,
investment advisors, or your own individual stock picks did
against a reasonable
benchmark should tell you a great deal about your
investment process.
Many
investment organizations
benchmark their funds» performance
against the classic 60/40 mix of domestic stocks and bonds, but this posture limits their ability to earn superior risk - adjusted returns.
I think that all investors should measure their
investment performance
against benchmarks.
In much the same way individual mutual funds are tracked
against a
benchmark, you can
benchmark your overall
investments.
The SPIVA ® Australia Scorecard reports on the performance of actively managed Australian mutual funds
against their respective
benchmark indices over various
investment horizons.
Indexes are used as comparison points, or
benchmarks,
against which
investment managers measure their performance.
Though I agree that it is not easy to
benchmark an individual stock
against anything, but over the long term any riskier or uncertain
investment or portfolio of riskier or uncertain
investment should deliver real returns for the investor in order to compensate for the risk taken.
About this time every year almost every
investment blog tends to expound on how well their «picks» did last year (assuming they did well), or how well their model portfolio performed
against some appropriate
benchmark.
On the financial stewardship front, our
investment portfolio has continued to perform well
against industry
benchmarks, however overall our portfolio is down as the markets have not performed as strongly as in prior years.
Destination Management Organisations will be able to use the solution to monitor in «real time» the impact of their marketing efforts in comparing reservations made during and outside the campaign period, and also
benchmark their performance
against competing destinations for future and historical periods to make better long - term plans and
investment decisions.
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