The bias is meant to make it less sensitive to a general increase in yields
than the benchmark index it follows.
Over the last 10 years, the mutual fund's tracking error has amounted to a mere 0.09 % annually, and since its inception in 1999, the fund has returned 5.15 %, three basis points more
than its benchmark index.
The idea is to perform better
than a benchmark index through flexible active management.
So on one hand, you don't need to put in 10,000 hours to become a good investor capable of earning decent returns (a bit higher
than benchmark indexes) on your investments.
Without these returns, policyholders may generate a lower return
than the benchmark indexes.
Not exact matches
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.
As all major US
indexes plummeted into correction territory — with the
benchmark S&P 500 suffering its worst week in more
than two years — share buybacks stood at a standstill as companies sat paralyzed with fear.
Already - volatile markets swooned after Trump announced the tariffs, with the
benchmark Standard & Poor's 500
Index falling more
than 1.3 percent that day.
Statistics Canada reported in The Daily in November that, «gasoline prices have increased at a slightly faster pace in the central and eastern provinces
than in the west, resulting in a spread between some provincial gasoline
indices... associated with the dual crude oil market in Canada and the recent price differential between crude oil
benchmarks.»
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.
U.S. Equity Funds enjoyed a record - breaking surge of fresh money during the second week of March, as investors shrugged off an impending U.S. rate hike and the internal struggles of Trump's administration and chased a rally that saw the
benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average
Index climb more
than 400 points in a day.
On July 23, 2014, we entered into an Amended and Restated Investors» Rights Agreement, or IRA, with certain holders of our common stock and the holders of our outstanding convertible preferred stock, including Yahoo!, Teradata, entities affiliated with
Benchmark and
Index Ventures and Hewlett - Packard Company, which each hold more
than five percent of our outstanding capital stock.
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.
Many would consider that a classic «black swan event» and the reaction would be «much more severe»
than Brexit, which caused the S&P 500
Index to fall 5.3 percent in two days as
benchmarks in Europe and elsewhere lost even more.»
The recent stock - market boom has run ahead of itself and international investors showed what they thought early this month by declining to include in the
benchmark global MSCI Emerging Market
Index stocks that are listed on the mainland, rather
than in Hong Kong.
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.
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?
ASIAN SCORECARD: Japan's
benchmark Nikkei 225
index climbed 0.5 percent to 22,319.61 and South Korea's Kospi jumped 1.1 percent to 2,475.64 after Samsung reported better
than expected earnings.
This
benchmark would be closer to your DGI portfolio
than the S&P 500
index.
Our internal credit standards are higher
than those found in the
benchmark indices.
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.
The
benchmark Shanghai share
index — which has more
than doubled in the last year — fell 6.4 percent on Friday.
We can argue about what an appropriate
index is to
benchmark returns here, but in Q1 it really didn't matter as a mixture of hype and hope pushed company share prices higher
than either
index.
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.
As such, these portfolios will be
benchmarked against the S&P 500
Index rather
than the S&P / TSX Composite
Index (which is a measure of the Canadian stock market).
Both TDB909 and TDB900 track their
benchmarks reasonably well but the Canadian Bond
Index does have a larger
than expected tracking error.
The average annual return since 1980 is 10.4 %, better
than the appropriate mix of
benchmark indexes, so the managers of these funds have definitely added value.
Our average fees are high and many actively managed mutual funds are no more
than expensive
index funds that replicate their
benchmarks, less a 2.5 % fee.
Or the current
benchmark index is more
than 200DMA but less
than 50DMA.
So here current
benchmark index is 15646 which is more
than 200DMA i.e. 14157.
Most managers would rather hug their
benchmark index than be different and risk losing their job.
The fund is up an average of 9 % a year over five years, better
than 99 % of its foreign large - value peers... The goal is to offer investors broad exposure to international markets, but in a portfolio that doesn't simply mimic its
benchmark, the MSCI EAFE
Index.
iShares was among the pioneers in the industry more
than a decade ago, and they've remained steadfast in their position that traditional
indexing — plain vanilla, cap - weighted funds that track third - party
benchmarks — is still the best solution for investors.
An extremely overdiversified active fund manager is called a closet indexer: he or she holds a portfolio that closely resembles the
benchmark, while charging fees that can be 20 times higher
than an
index fund.
Musson's Mackenzie Ivy European Class Series A mutual fund is up 4.7 % year - to - date (as of Nov. 7), almost 10 percentage points better
than the
benchmark MSCI Europe
index in Canadian dollars, according to Morningstar.
In fact, over most five - year periods, less
than 10 % of actively managed funds exceed their
index benchmarks.
The
index tracked by CDZ, which is based on dividend growth, appears to be harder to track
than XDV's more straightforward
benchmark.
The
index tracked by CDZ, which is based on dividend growth, may be harder to track
than XDV's more straightforward
benchmark.
More
than 75 % of its funds have beaten their category
benchmarks over the past 15 years, and 80 % over five years, according to Morningstar — remarkable for what some investors wrongly dismiss as
index investing.
Starting in mid-December 2006, the Fund's investment mandate changed from investing at least 80 % of its assets in U.S. securities to investing no less
than approximately 50 % in U.S. securities, and the Investment Adviser chose the MSCI World
Index (Hedged to US$) as the most relevant
benchmark for the Fund starting January 1, 2007.
The Standard & Poor's
Index vs. Active (SPIVA) mid-2014 report says that more
than 70 percent of actively managed funds lost to their respective
benchmarks over the previous five years.
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.
The latest SPIVA Scorecard from S&P Dow Jones
Indices shows that more
than 70 % of U.S. stock fund managers underperformed their
benchmark index over the past five years.
For instance, since the early 1980s, the yield on the
benchmark 10 - year Treasury note has fallen from roughly 16 % to 2 % and the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock
index has climbed from less
than eight times earnings to 25 times earnings.
A study Barry Feldman and Dhruv Roy, cleraly shows the BXM
Index (CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite
Index), a
benchmark for an S&P 500 - based covered call strategy, had slightly higher returns and significantly less volatility
than the S&P 500 over a time period of almost 16 years, despite the fact that covered calls have a truncated upside in the short term.
As aresult, their returns can differ significantly, both positively and negatively, from that of their
benchmark index, especially over investment periods lastinglonger
than one day.
Even portfolios that are perfectly
indexed against a
benchmark behave differently
than the
benchmark, even though this difference on a day - to - day, quarter - to - quarter or year - to - year basis may be ever so slight.
When compared to the
benchmark averages (sometimes referred to «Lipper Averages «-RRB-, more
than 60 % of actively managed stock mutual funds fail to outperform their segment
indexes (in other words, if a mutual fund targets the oil and gas industry, you'll do better just buying an
index fund targeting the entire oil and gas industry rather
than buying an actively managed mutual fund that targeted only the «best» companies within the oil and gas industry).
Do - it - yourself individual investors buying individual securities rather
than investment funds demonstrably under - perform passive
index fund
benchmarks — especially as the time period increases.