Sentences with phrase «off than the indexes»

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Index - tracking products have taken off over the past few years, especially in the United States, where the broad S&P 500 index has risen more than 200 % since the market bottom in 2009, aided by the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimIndex - tracking products have taken off over the past few years, especially in the United States, where the broad S&P 500 index has risen more than 200 % since the market bottom in 2009, aided by the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimindex has risen more than 200 % since the market bottom in 2009, aided by the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus.

I explained that the massive fees levied by a variety of «helpers» would leave their clients - again in aggregate - worse off than if the amateurs simply invested in an unmanaged low - cost index fund,» he recapped, writing in Berkshire's annual shareholder letter.

A sell - off on Friday left the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 260 points for the week and the blue chip index remains down 7 % on the year, while the tech - heavy Nasdaq composite is now off by almost 13 % this year.

By the end of Monday, with the S&P 500 itself down, more than one - fifth of the stocks in the index were down at least 20 percent from their 52 - week highs, while two - thirds were off more than 10 percent.

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.

It is well - established that you're better off, over the long haul, investing in passively - managed index funds rather than actively - managed mutual or pension funds.

The choppy action has imparted plenty of pain to the average stock with the S&P 500 about 8 percent below its January record high, more than a fifth of the stocks within the index have dropped at least 20 percent and two - thirds are off more than 10 percent from their high.

Or perhaps, despite being less than 3 % off all - time highs, most of the damage has already occurred and stocks have some catching up to do, pushing indices higher.

His thought was that the active managers who collect massive fees would leave their clients «worse off» than the amateurs who simply invested in unmanaged low - cost index funds.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 was last down 5 percent at 1,355 points, wiping around 400 billion euros ($ 460.16 billion) off the index and taking its losses for the month to more than 1 trillion euros.

The major indexes briefly fell more than 1 percent on Thursday, but managed to close well off their session lows.

Speaking from Sao Paolo, Brazil, Faber said that the S&P 500 Index won't surpass the 2011 high of 1,370 this year, and that investors are «better off in equities than bonds».

The recent decline in the dollar is coming off those lofty levels; the U.S. Dollar Index is still trading more than 10 % above where it was when the post-QE3 run began in 2014, and more than 25 % above the low of the past decade (set in 2008).

It might not seem like it for investors: The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a major stock market index, kicked off the first Monday of 2016 by tumbling more than 400 points — and had yet to recover by Wednesday.

The storm clouds are building: the Dow has just suffered its first three - day losing streak for the year, the Chicago VIX [fear] index has climbed further; Europe is sliding off its highs; China is slowing down faster than expected, and the BOJ [Bank of Japan] is holding [off] on additional stimulus action.

This carries particular resonance today because of how abnormally long the current market cycle has become: Despite the recent sell - off, the S&P 500 Index hasn't seen a bear market since the financial crisis ended more than nine years ago.

@ Sam, Asset allocation with index funds has so much research in it's favor, long term, you will be better off than most.

It doesn't matter... The conclusion is that the investor is better off investing in index funds than on actively managed funds.

But the DoH wants the letters to refer to children with a body - mass index of over 30 as «very overweight» rather than «obese» because the latter is «a turn - off».

For example, one school saw a dramatic improvement in five high - priority metrics included in the culture plan, including a 59 % reduction in the amount of out - of - school suspensions between the 2012 - 13 and 2013 - 14 school years, a 56 % reduction in classroom off - task / disruptive behaviors across nine grade levels, and an increase from 57.2 % to 59 % in Academic Performance Index in just one school year, with a Value Added grade of C for the first time in more than five years.

Given that I strongly believe you should only live on the income from your investments and never touch the principle, my portfolio is significantly easier for me to live off of than a S&P index fund.

The best ETF index funds only outperform if held for more than 10 years and invested in chunks around $ 5,000, when the lower annual fees can pay off (e.g., 0.15 % annually for VTI versus 0.48 % annually for TD US e-fund).

While returns on both equity indices were only slightly negative, the last two months of the quarter more than offset the red - hot start the markets got off to in January.

But beating an index fund is not an easy thing to do, so it is important to know sooner rather than later if your forays into active management are paying off.

Variable rate loans start off with lower interest rates than fixed rate loans with similar repayment periods; however, the interest rate fluctuates as the interest rate of the base index changes.

Key utility sector indexes are off more than 6 % in the last month while forward yields look compelling for conservative investors.

But in that case, you're probably better off investing your money in an index fund or two than relying on someone to tell you when to buy or sell the EURUSD.

Question: Rather than investing in a portfolio of index funds, would I not be better off by simply assembling a collection of well - known individual stocks that have a history of increasing their... Read More

Add up the trading expenses across all your accounts and if you find that you are paying more than 20 basis points, you might be better off with TD e-Series or, for larger accounts, CIBC Index Mutual Funds.

The evidence for this alert of underwhelming importance was that even though broad market indices like the Standard & Poor's 500 hadn't dropped 20 % from their previous peak, many small stocks as well as the small - cap Russell 2000 index were off more than 20 % from their peaks.

Of course the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway follows none of that advice himself, but he has consistently said that most investors including his own wife would be better off with a low - fee S&P 500 index fund rather than paying expensive active managers so it's certainly not out of character.

The S&P / TSX composite index is down more than 15 per cent from its high reached last year, while the Dow Jones industrial average is off more than 10 per cent from its high reached earlier this year.

Speaking from Sao Paolo, Brazil, Faber said that the S&P 500 Index won't surpass the 2011 high of 1,370 this year, and that investors are «better off in equities than bonds».

On Wednesday, the media giant celebrated the price - weighted index's ability to shrug off weaker - than - anticipated employment data in the United States.

Rather than speculating on which stocks or funds might clobber their peers or shooting for unrealistic gains, you're better off building a low - cost diversified portfolio of index funds or ETFs that reflects your risk tolerance.

Most smaller investors (less than $ 100k) are likely better off with index funds because of the lower trading fees.

Dollar Strength Weighing on Stocks The threat of higher interest rates because of the better than expected U.S. Retail Sales Report, helped knock the stock index futures off their highs.

Well, on a smaller account of $ 10,000, you would have been better off investing in the iShares DJ Total Market Index fund rather than using the strategy.

Bottom line: You would be much better off investing in this portfolio than investing in the broader Canadian stock market represented by the S&P / TSX Composite Index.

Up 1200 since the start of the year or 300,400 points off the index in the afternoon is much more a vertiginous feeling than a rise somewhere along the lines of a 7 % compound rate or a drop of a couple of percent.

If the SKEW Index stays above 130 for more than two days, it might be worth taking some more risk off the table.

As seen in the chart below, most investors would be better off owning simple index funds than paying mangers to pick stocks and bonds.

Rather than holding a dozen average funds, you'd be better off owning a single highly diversified low - cost index fund as your core holding.

Even after the rebound in the benchmark indexes since 2003, the S&P Technology group is still off more than 60 percent from its 2000 highs.

Rather than hiring a stock picker to run your investment portfolio, you're probably better off just investing in market indexes.

So there's a good chance that your investment in index funds will get a better return than the guaranteed return of paying off the loan, but it's not certain, and you might end up much worse.

There are times when gold does much better than gold mining stocks, but in the long run you're much better off buying precious - metal mining stocks — and in Canada, you've already got that if you own a broad - market index fund.»

That's why I often repeat the message of «just pay off all your debts, than start throwing it all into the Vanguard index fund».

This perspective could be easily dismissed by a reader agreeing with the excellent «New Yorker» article you cited: I'm placing my faith in an «expert» fund manager with no greater ability to predict the future (and select winning stocks) than anyone else, and I'd be better off indexing.

Credit card delinquency rates reached an all - time low for the third straight month in August and the charge - off rate index is now more than 400 basis points lower than its level a year ago.