Table 3
represents Small Cap Value (SV) managers, 33.6 % of whom outperformed the Small Cap style index.
Not exact matches
While not perfect, Royce
Small Cap Value Fund's expense ratio does an acceptable job of
representing the true costs of investing in the fund.
There are well over a thousand mutual funds to choose from and they
represent a full range of industries and companies, from
value or growth stocks,
small cap or large
cap companies, to domestic or emerging markets, to bonds and various cash equivalents.
As of 12/31/2017, Benchmark Electronics Inc., DMC Global Inc., Lamar Advertising Co., and MGIC Investment Corporation
represented 2.09 %, 4.22 %, 3.14 %, and 2.86 % of the
Small Cap Value Plus Composite, respectively.
Small -
cap value stocks are represented by the Russell 2000 Value Index, which is an unmanaged index of those companies in the Russell 2000 Index chosen for their value orienta
value stocks are
represented by the Russell 2000
Value Index, which is an unmanaged index of those companies in the Russell 2000 Index chosen for their value orienta
Value Index, which is an unmanaged index of those companies in the Russell 2000 Index chosen for their
value orienta
value orientation.
As of 9/30/2017, Centerra Gold Inc., LGI Homes, Inc., and SRC Energy Inc.
represented 5.13 %, 1.95 %, and 4.18 % of the
Small Cap Value Composite, respectively.
Just to play the devil's advocate, Bogle, Malkiel and Sharp appear to say that non-market
cap weights in an index
represent an attempt to tilt toward
value and
small cap stocks, and that proponents incorrectly assume the historical premiums on these sub-sectors will persist into the future (investors tend to arbitrage away excess profits once detected).
Since allocation decreases as market
cap decreases, even though the error grows as market
cap decreases, that error
represents an increasingly
small amount of the fund's actual
value.
Equities can vary according to: * the size of companies
represented in a «basket» (e.g. large vs medium vs
small cap stocks) * the way the stocks» prices move as the stocks chart their growth (e.g. growth vs
value stocks) * the geographical market in which the stock moves (e.g. domestic vs international)
The addition of broadly diversified
small -
cap blend and
small -
cap value asset classes raise the return more than the additional risk they
represent on their own.
As of 12/31/2017, Hudson Global, Inc., MGIC Investment Corporation, Tesla, Inc., and The Bancorp, Inc.
represented 4.32 %, 3.62 %, 0.00 %, and 4.02 % of the
Small Cap Value Composite, respectively.
Using a low
cap rate, which may be intended to
represent regional shopping centres, and applying it to a
small community retail plaza will considerably distort an estimated property
value.