Sentences with phrase «own benchmark index»

The Australian share market has closed at its highest level in six weeks, wrapping up April with a run of gains that has added 230 points to the benchmark index since March.

The benchmark index for equity volatility rose to more than twice its level the day before, crushing bettors who'd gotten used to years of very low volatility.

Shares of Samsung Electronics, worth $ 204 billion, edged up 0.4 percent after the earnings release, compared with the benchmark index which fell 0.3 percent.

For example, the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund seeks — with 60 % of its assets — to track the investment performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall U.S. stock market.

It's the second - best performer on the benchmark index.

The benchmark index rose 0.06 percent during the Clinton - era shutdown between Dec. 16 1995 and Jan. 5 1996.

Before letting go of a rep who isn't hitting quota, an employer should look in a mirror, says Ryan Tognazzini, an associate principal of Sales Benchmark Index, a sales consulting firm based in Atlanta.

The stock loss accounted for a sizable 12 points in the benchmark index.

That stretch created another six - day island reversal on the benchmark index.

Between 1980 and 2005, U.S. buyout funds, one of the main categories of private equity, heavily outperformed the S&P 500, according to research from Chris Higson at the London Business School, with about 60 % of the funds he studied beating that benchmark index.

That was second only to the benchmark index's 155 percent surge under President Coolidge through March 1929.

«Selecting the wrong key accounts will cost you millions, and that doesn't include the lost opportunity impact,» says John Staples o fSales Benchmark Index.

Fellowes mentioned that from 2012 - 2017, 84 % of professional money managers didn't outperform their benchmark indices.

Most of these purchases happen in the last 30 minutes of trading and in heavy volumes, according to Reuters data analysis of last week's trades, indicating the aim of this intervention is to ensure benchmark indexes close higher.

The Standard & Poor's 500 industrial sector was down 1.9 percent, compared with a decline of about 1.3 percent in the overall benchmark index.

The chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $ 10,000 investment made in the fund during the depicted time frame, compared to its benchmark index.

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.

BlackRock Managed Index Portfolios offer investors access to a diversified and cost - effective multi-asset solution, utilizing both ETFs and index funds (mutual funds designed to match or track the underlying components of a benchmark index) to implement their asset allocation.

In a rising interest rate environment, the risk that investors have in owning all bond mutual funds and / or bond ETFs for their bond allocation is that both vehicles are managed on a relative return basis versus a benchmark index.

Vanguard has added an «active share» report to its U.S. public websites to help investors determine how much of an actively managed mutual fund's stock holdings diverge from its benchmark index.

The bond sector allocations and duration of passively - managed ETFs will not deviate at all from the benchmark index.

The fund is part of a suite of ETFs from Direxion Funds, aimed at providing 1.25 x exposure to their respective benchmark indexes.

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

The data from DALBAR shows that the average fund investor trailed benchmark indexes significantly.

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

Apple's stock has underperformed benchmark indexes this year amid investor criticism that the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant hasn't delivered new breakthrough products.

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).

Franklin Liberty ETF portfolio managers have the opportunity to respond to market events, navigate through various market environments and invest outside the confines of traditional benchmark index products.

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

Franklin Liberty actively managed ETFs have the potential to achieve better investment outcomes versus traditional market capitalization weighted index products, which are designed to track, not outperform, benchmark indices.

The pound has surged to a five - month high against the dollar and global stocks gained for a fourth day on Wednesday, with the U.K. benchmark index erasing its monthly decline.

The excess return of an investment relative to the return of a benchmark index is the investment's alpha.

Because these funds often have extensive holdings in shorts or puts, returns generally move in the opposite direction of the benchmark index.

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

Chinese stocks were little moved by their addition to MSCI Inc.'s benchmark indexes, as investors weighed the symbolic importance of inclusion against the limited impact on short - term inflows.

The benchmark index SPX, -0.23 % has posted a record close 151 times so far during the latest cyclical bull market, which is about half of the number of all - time highs during the 1990 - 2000 cycle, according to Stovall, who said the high number of all - time highs is not an indication of future disappointments.

For example, the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund seeks — with 60 percent of its assets — to track the investment performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall U.S. stock market.

Since the fund managers of an index fund are simply replicating the performance of a benchmark index, they do not need the services of research analysts and others that assist in the stock selection process.

As shown on the chart below, the benchmark index bounced off near - term support of both its 20 - day MA and prior highs yesterday (March 4):

Currently, the fund's Treasury stake is much lower than what is stuffed in its benchmark index, and it owns a lot more American corporate bonds.

Although day to day volatility has been pretty substantial in the S&P 500, the benchmark index has merely been oscillating up and down in a wide, sideways range over the course of several months:

A stock with low beta might appear to lack volatility relative to a popular benchmark index, but R - squared below 0.5 indicates very limited correlation to that index.

Retailers in the benchmark index reached an all - time high.

For example, if you are primarily interested in green energy investments, and would like to invest in an ETF or mutual fund, consider the objectives of the fund, in addition to assessing it relative to an alternative energy benchmark index such as the S&P Global Clean Energy Index (SPGTCLEN), NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index (CELS), or World Alternative Energy Index (WAEXPDC).

Smart beta refers to an enhanced indexing strategy that seeks to exploit certain performance factors in an attempt to outperform a benchmark index.

Portfolio managers who wish to reduce the chance of underperforming often choose securities very similar to the benchmark index holdings.

The fund's fixed - income investments fell 0.37 percent in the quarter, outperforming a 0.44 loss in its benchmark index's fixed - income portion.

The bias is meant to make it less sensitive to a general increase in yields than the benchmark index it follows.

Very few (if any) actively managed funds will outperform a benchmark index over 15 years.