Not exact matches
Take 2008: BRIC
equities from the major emerging markets led the decline, falling 49 %, while Canadian
small caps, down 46 %, represented a close second worst.
However, purely
from an investor's perspective, the reality is that the biggest story is emerging market
equities and global
small -
caps are this year's market leaders.
Turning to
equities, he feels a shift
from small cap names into high quality large
caps is advisable.
The fund tracks the MSCI USA
Small Cap Extended ESG Focus Index, which is derived
from the MSCI USA
Small Cap Index that represents the bottom 14 % of the market capitalization of U.S.
equities.
Let's take a look at how Glenmede
Small Cap Equity performed
from the Alpholio ™ perspective.
However, the fund does do a decent job of removing some of the worst securities
from the index and it may be a decent choice for those looking for greater exposure to
small cap growth
equities with lower levels of risk.
Investing in private
equity to benefit
from the illiquidity premium and / or
small cap premium is also a possibility as a means to diversify and benefit
from the above stated premiums, even though this asset class has become very crowded as yields have declined significantly.
During June - July, our
equity exposure moved down
from 65 % -70 % stock (e.g., growth, value, large,
small, foreign, etc.), down to 50 % (mostly large -
cap domestic).
Axis long Term
Equity Direct — G: 3000 Rs
from sept15 UTI mid
cap Dirct — G: 1000 Rs
from sept15 ICICI pru value discovery Direct — G: 1500 Rs April16 Franklin India
smaller companies Direct - G: 1500 Rs May16
-- Panning to choose 1MF
from each of
Equity Categories (i.e Large
Cap,
Small - Mid
Cap, Diversified) and 1MF
from Debt, 1MF
from Balance, 1MF
from ETF.
The investment objective of this fund is to generate long - term capital appreciation
from a diversified portfolio of predominantly
equity and
equity - related securities, including
equity derivatives, in the Indian markets with the key theme focus being emerging companies (
small cap stocks).
The foreign
equity exposure in the ETF portfolio comes
from Vanguard's VXC, which tracks US and international markets, including large, mid and
small -
cap companies.
Prior to the start of the mid-August correction, our tactical asset allocation moved moderate clients
from a 65 % -70 %
equity stake (e.g., domestic, foreign, large,
small, etc.) to a 50 % -55 %
equity stake (mostly large -
cap domestic).
If the original 4
equity indexes
from 1928 (IFA US Large Company Index; IFA US Large
Cap Value Index; IFA US
Small Cap Index; IFA US
Small Cap Value Index) are held constant until December 2012, the annualized rate of return of this simplified version of IFA Index Portfolio 100 is 10.67 %, after the deduction of a 0.9 % IFA advisory fee and a standard deviation of 23.59 %.