Eight of the 60/40 SPY / multisector bond fund combinations had a higher seven - year
performance than the benchmark 60/40 portfolio, but in all but one case they experienced larger losses in 2008 and higher volatility.
Some ETF companies increasingly try to set their products apart from traditional market index funds by inferring the indexes they follow will have better
performance than the benchmarks.
Not exact matches
The Dow Jones Industrial Average wasn't far behind, and one of the best
performances was turned in by the Russell 2000 Index, the
benchmark for small - cap equities, which was up by more
than 31 percent.
The only justification for an ETF to charge higher fees
than its passively managed ETF
benchmark is «active» management that leads to out -
performance.
The only justification for any ETF to charge higher fees
than its passively managed ETF
benchmark is «active» management that leads to out -
performance.
The sweet spot will be more
than one or two (which makes it too easy for the CEO to
benchmark against others) and fewer
than 10 (since the competitors»
performance will have to be aggregated into one number for comparison).
In terms of
performance, the historical correlation between a global green bond and a global aggregate
benchmark is very strong, more
than 90 %.
We have more
than 50 years of experience in understanding consumers, but today we're not just focused on
benchmarking performance.
a) investing their own money alongside you, so your interests are aligned b) a stake in the company they work at i.e. it is a partnership or employee - owned c) a proven ability to outperform an index over the long - term (at least 10 years) d) reasonable charges — preferably no more
than a 1 % management fee and no
performance fee e) a concentrated, high conviction portfolio i.e. they do not just hug their
benchmark f) a low - asset - turnover ratio i.e. they have a long - term investment horizon and rarely sell investments g) a proven ability to preserve capital during the bad times h) a stable team who have worked together for a number of years.
Or because the manager's
performance is compared to the
benchmark index, is there an incentive for the manager to avoid producing returns lower
than the index?
The positive economic
performance has some analysts speculating that Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz may raise the
benchmark interest rate from 0.5 percent sooner
than expected.
The only justification for a mutual fund to charge higher fees
than its ETF
benchmark is «active» management that leads to out -
performance.
While the VIX Index itself is a gauge and is not investable, Cboe offers the following VIX - related
benchmark indexes (all shown in image above) that are designed to serve as
benchmarks for hypothetical investable
performance over more
than a decade.
, a
benchmark often used to represent overall market
performance, has fallen more
than 1.7 percent over the last couple of weeks.
The Dow Jones industrial average, a
benchmark often used to represent overall market
performance, has fallen more
than 1.7 percent over the last couple of weeks.
Compounding can also cause a widening differential between the
performances of an ETF and its underlying index or
benchmark, so that returns over periods longer
than one day can differ in amount and direction from the target return of the same period.
Elgart of AdvancED responded that he «always gets that question — accreditation is not a
benchmark of just student
performance, it's a lot more complicated
than that.»
The study's design, in which teachers were judged against percentile
benchmarks rather
than their colleagues»
performance, sought to preserve collaboration among teachers.
The
benchmark testing in December showed somewhat discouraging results — a projected 39 School
Performance Score, less
than the 54 Sylvanie Williams earned last year and far beneath the 70 it needs to keep the charter, Parker told the school's governing board in January.
Grades are more accurate in that they are based exclusively on students» demonstrated mastery of state standards and
benchmarks rather
than a mixture of academic
performance, extra credit, behavior, and work habits as is often the case in more traditional grading systems.
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, threw down the gauntlet with claims that the
performance Tesla Model 3 will be faster
than a BMW M3, as he took to social media to disclose
benchmark performance figures for the upcoming, all - electric sports saloon.
High - caliber
performance (300 horsepower — 85 more
than original Dodge SRT4):
benchmark performance at the best price
Thanks to more
than four decades of experience with turbo engines — in both motor racing and production sports cars — the new engines in the new 911 Carrera set
benchmarks in terms of
performance, driving pleasure and efficiency.
«This tenth - generation Civic is quite simply the most ambitious remake of Civic we've ever done,» said John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co, Inc. «We are bringing more new technology and innovative thinking to Civic
than ever before to establish a new
benchmark for fun - to - drive
performance, fuel efficiency, safety
performance and refinement in the compact class.»
«With 600 horsepower and 0 - to - 60 mph
performance in less
than four seconds, the Viper sets a new
benchmark for the ultimate American sports car.»
Going on sale in the fall, Honda's John Mendel said, «We are bringing more new technology and innovative thinking to Civic
than ever before to establish a new
benchmark for fun - to - drive
performance, fuel efficiency, safety
performance and refinement in the compact class.»
Powered by a highly tuned, turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - cylinder gasoline engine developed by AMG, the all - wheel - drive A45 AMG is claimed to storm to 62 mph in just 4.6 seconds — straight - line
performance that makes it 0.2 second faster
than the Porsche 911 Carrera in the
benchmark sprint.
The style, generous levels of equipment, and outright
performance on offer in the Audi S4 make it more competitive
than ever before — a
benchmark for
performance, even if it lacks a bit of soul.
The Kurio Smart earned a score of 23.39 in the JetStream synthetic
benchmark for JavaScript
performance, which is worse
than the Pavilion x2 10t (39.94).
Although — as we'll get into later — the Tab 3's
performance in our rigorous
benchmark tests was generally lower
than what we saw from the Intel - powered second generation, the price is lower, too.
On Linpack, a synthetic
benchmark that measures overall system
performance, the Droid 4 returned a score of 51 on the single - threaded test, which is far stronger
than the 18.3 smartphone average, the 17.3 provided by the 1 - GHz single core Samsung Stratosphere, and the 39 offered by the HTC Rezound and its 1.5 - GHz dual core Qualcomm processor.
A decent browsing
performance is backed up by the 480 Peacekeeper
benchmark score putting it just below the Nexus 7 (489) although higher
than the Hudl (227).
So the
benchmarks for a tablet's SoC is a far better guide to the tablet's
performance than (say) a CPU's
benchmark on a desktop system.
In
benchmark testing, it scored 5,088 in PCMark's Work 2.0 test, which measures the
performance of a range of tasks like web browsing and photo editing, better
than the Huawei Mediapad M3 Lite 10 (3,842).
A leaked
benchmark chart posted on Chinese microblogging website Weibo suggests the Samsung Exynos 8890 chipset will be significantly more powerful
than Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 when it comes to multi-core
performance.
As you can see in the above Quadrant Advanced
benchmark the score is higher
than any device I have seen and this is not overclocked it's all stock
performance.
In terms of
benchmark performance, the Tablet P notched a score of 3,061, which is lower
than the Iconia Tab A200 (3,137) and Galaxy Tab 10.1 (3,159), but higher
than the category average (2,677).
On Quadrant, an Android
benchmark that measures overall
performance, the Nook HD scored a solid 2,744 which is faster
than the 2,167 provided by the Kindle Fire HD, but far less
than 2,921 tablet category average or the 3,357 offered by the quad - core powered Google Nexus 7.
On Linpack, another
benchmark that measures overall
performance, the Echo scored a whopping 34.7, nearly triple the 12.2 smart phone average and higher
than the HTC Evo Shift 4G (29.71), the Motorola Atrix 4G (32.7) and the HTC Thunderbolt (27.5).
The ZTE Optik
performance is just below adequate, however, and this tablet ranked worse
than most others from 2011 in the TPCR
benchmark tests.
The G5
benchmarks strongly, scoring 126,825 on AnTuTu, which tests overall system
performance, slightly higher
than the similarly equipped S7 (123,993).
Performance Amazon claims the new Fire is 40 percent faster
than last year's model, and we found a significant speed increase in our
benchmarks.
Our Softweg
benchmark test suite, which applies scores to CPU, Memory, Graphics, and File System
performance, ranked the Thrive higher
than the Xoom and most other Honeycomb tablets for Graphics, and about the same for all other tests.
The device more
than doubled the tablet category average, with a score of 27,412 in the AnTuTu
benchmark, which measures general Android
performance.
As
benchmarked by Linpack, the raw
performance is the same
than what we're getting on the Nexus One, so there's no surprise on that front.
On Geekbench 3, a synthetic
benchmark that measures overall
performance, the Surface 3 scored a solid 3,351, which is well above the tablet category average (2,404) but lower
than the Intel Core M 5Y10 - powered T300 Chi (4,319), the A8X - powered iPad Air 2 (4,547) and the Core i5 - 4300U - powered Surface Pro 3 (5,665).
On PCMark 7, a synthetic
benchmark that measures overall
performance, the Tablet 2 scored a modest 1,428, less
than half the tablet category average of 3,488, but on par with other Atom - powered Windows 8 tablets such as the HP Envy x2 (1,428), the Dell Latitude 10 (1,440) and the Acer Iconia W510 (1,305).
These risks may pose risks different from, or greater
than, those associated with a direct investment in the securities underlying the funds»
benchmarks, can increase volatility, and may dramatically decrease
performance.
Even if more
than two fixed - weight indices are used to form the
benchmark, the same problem arises — the manager will get credit (or blame) for the part of his
performance that is improperly measured in the other half of the year.
While the fund has undoubtedly scored on the
performance front, it has also managed to keep its risk metrics lower
than the
benchmark thereby resulting in an improved risk - reward profile.