The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the
total return of an index that tracks stocks of global companies that offer high dividend yields.
Any deviation of
returns of index fund or ETF from the returns of underlying total return index is known as tracking error.
In order to achieve the
daily return of the index on a rolling basis, the funds will reset their holdings daily in the same manner as the leveraged products.
Consider that over the past decade the dollar -
weighted return of all index funds was just 82 % of the time - weighted return investors could have gotten with those funds.
One study by Bloomberg / Guinness Atkinson Asset Management (Source: Why Dividends Matter, pdf) found that for S&P 500, since 1940 dividend reinvestments accounted for over 90 % of the total
return of the index during this time.
On any given day, the
price return of an index captures the sum of its constituents» free float - weighted market capitalization returns.
An inverse ETF seeks to produce the
opposite return of an index, while a leveraged ETF is intended to produce a multiple of the index's daily performance, usually two or three times.
The month - to -
date return of this index currently stands at -0.75 % while its year - to - date return turned negative on the 28th of May and is currently -1.41 %.
The ETF provider enters into a deal with a counterparty (usually a bank) who agrees to deliver the
precise return of the index, minus a fee.
The counterparty must deliver the total
return of the index precisely, and if they don't track the index well on their end, they are on the hook for the difference.
This H1B may lose on taxes with his 8 % return of 401k minus 10 % penalty, but gain a lot on 15 % — 20 %
return of the index mutual fund with no penalties and no hassle to move around the world.
They forget that just because the fund seeks to triple the daily
return of the index does not necessarily mean it will generate triple the return over any other time period.
The
YTD return of the index has been in negative territory since June 3, 2015, and the index had returned -0.54 % YTD as of July 2, 2015.
The rate of return for each investment style is the weighted
average return of indices from November 1, 1994 through October 31, 2014.
The roll yield or roll return, as measured by the
excess return of the index minus the spot return, is the difference in the price of the expiring contract and the next eligible contract.
As shown in Exhibit 2, the S&P Real Assets Index has provided relatively strong inflation protection, with an inflation beta of 4.46, as measured by monthly and year -
over-year returns of the index and the CPI, compared with 2.4 for the S&P 500 ® and the negligible inflation protection of the S&P U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
TRI ETFs are low - cost, index - replicating ETFs that use a synthetic replication structure to receive the pre-tax
total return of an index.
It does this by using a derivative called a «swap» to earn
the return of the index rather than buying the stocks directly.
The return of an index ETP is usually different from that of the index it tracks because of fees, expenses, and tracking error.
The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager's returns by
the returns of the index during the down - market and multiplying that factor by 100.
The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager's returns by
the returns of the index during the up - market, and multiplying that factor by 100.
The ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Closed - End Fund ETN provides 2x the monthly
return of an index of US - listed closed - end funds, weighted by yield, discount to NAV and trading volume.
Elite Choice also offers traditional fixed annuity benefits such as guaranteed minimum interest and death benefits, combined with the potential for additional interest linked to
the return of an index.
Building on the protection of a traditional fixed annuity, Select Annual Reset takes retirement planning to another level with the potential for additional interest linked to
the return of an index.
The investments in a client's portfolio may differ substantially from the securities that comprise each index and are not intended to track
the returns of any index.
In fact, in a typical year, a majority of actively managed mutual funds do not beat
the returns of their index fund benchmarks.
Here's why you should compare your investment performance to the return you need, not
the return of an index.
ETNs are designed to deliver the total return on a broad index or individual commodity, but rather than being structured as pools of securities that the fund itself owns, they are instead unsecured bonds (notes) issued by a firm that agrees to deliver
the return of the index it tracks.
The index is not designed to measure the realized rate of inflation, nor does it seek to replicate
the returns of any index or measure of actual consumer price levels.
ProShares Short 30 Year TIPS / TSY Spread seeks a return that is the inverse of
the return of an index (target) for a single day, as measured from one NAV calculation to the next.
Select Annual Reset is a fixed index annuity that combines the protection of a fixed annuity with the potential growth of additional interest that is linked to
the return of an index.
Because this is a market weighted index,
the return of the index will look more like its larger constituents (aka: Italy, France and Germany).
If a fund consistently fails to match
the returns of the index it's tracking, it's time to start looking for another option.