Fellow Shareholders, I am pleased to report that both the Oakmark International Fund and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund delivered solid absolute performance and
outperformed on a relative basis for the quarter.
Not exact matches
USD / CAD will be affected by the U.S. dollar's reaction to FOMC and NFP but
on a
relative basis, it should
outperform EUR, AUD, NZD and possibly the JPY.
Based on BlackRock research, stocks with a history of dividend growth have tended to
outperform in a rising rate environment and may hold up well
relative to other segments of the stock market more susceptible to higher rates.
The Bookseller's look at 2013 author performance
based on Nielsen BookScan data, also shows that backlist titles have
outperformed frontlist in terms of their
relative declines.
Based on BlackRock research, stocks with a history of dividend growth have tended to
outperform in a rising rate environment and may hold up well
relative to other segments of the stock market more susceptible to higher rates.
The High
Relative Dividend Yield screen has
outperformed the S&P 500 index
on a cumulative
basis since the beginning of 1998.
The portfolio's names in the sector were down but
outperformed modestly
on a
relative basis.
The Black - Litterman model supports both absolute views (expected return for the given asset) and
relative views (asset # 1 will
outperform asset # 2 by X), and addresses many of the shortcomings of mean - variance optimization, which often results in concentrated portfolios
based on past asset performance.
In delegating, the end investor does not mandate that the manager must evaluate securities
based on the investor's utility maximization problem, and a natural alignment of the investor's and manager's interests is not present: managers are incentivized to
outperform relative to a stated benchmark or to peers, rather than to operationalize the consumption model of the end investor.
On an absolute
basis, and a
relative basis — I've bunched it with a group of similar / peer companies, which have definitely been
outperforming it recently / medium - term.
In the February 2016 version of their paper entitled «The Harm in Selecting Funds that Have Recently
Outperformed», Bradford Cornell, Jason Hsu and David Nanigian investigate future mutual fund performance
based on recent past performance
relative to stated benchmarks.