The quality portfolio may have higher risk - adjusted
returns than the broad market, but it will also likely have lower overall returns due to the lower yield.
A sector funds tend to be riskier and more
volatile than the broad market because they are less diversified, although the risk level depends on the specific sector.
The low - volatility fund will target companies with lower
volatility than the broad market average, while the momentum fund will invest in companies that demonstrate positive momentum.
In fact, sectors within a market often have much lower correlation to each other
than the broad market index does to its global counterparts.
Some sector funds tend to be riskier and more volatile
than the broad market because they are less diversified, although the risk level depends on the specific sector.
So Check Point is growing at a slower
pace than the broader market it operates in, and has told investors to expected a muted result for Q4.
Because they are politically incorrect, companies in the tobacco, alcohol and defense industries tend to trade at lower valuations and higher dividend
yields than the broader market.
As we saw in my last post, the research suggests it may be possible to build a portfolio of stocks with lower volatility
than the broad market without sacrificing expected returns.
The dividend ETF, for instance, sank as much as 26 per cent, a decline that was much
worse than the broader market or the underlying stocks that comprise the fund.
As an example, those investors that were simply willing to alter their US equity allocations and purchase defensive US sectors in their portfolios suffered less downside volatility materially
than the broad market during the last two bear markets.
«These new listings build on our successful suite of low volatility ETFs and are structured to help manage the highs and lows of the markets,» says Kevin Gopaul, Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President, BMO Asset Management Inc. «Our unique methodology seeks to provide investors with lower risk
than the broad market while still offering growth opportunities.»
A theoretician may define it as an ETF providing index - based exposure to any investment risk factor
other than broad market risk.
«Our analysis indicates that information technology hardware and data networking stocks typically provide less downside
protection than the broader market during a correction.
This strong competitive position and earnings growth compels us to remind you that Apple, adjusting for net cash, currently sells at a P / E (price to earnings per share ratio) of only 8x our FY 2015 forecast, a significantly lower P /
E than a broad market index, the S&P 500, which trades today at a P / E of 15x FY 2015 consensus.
Because XLP pulls its stocks from the S&P 500
rather than the broad market, it holds far fewer names than our benchmark, producing somewhat - concentrated exposure.
Still, if you pursued these strategies by buying and holding low - cost index funds for many decades, there's at least a moderate chance you could earn returns that are better
than the broad market averages.
It should be noted that during a major bear market or correction bond funds, especially, short term bond funds, are the ballast in your account and either stay the course or recover much
quicker than the broader market as a whole.
Mordy adds the caveat that ZDB may expose investors to more corporate issuer risk
than a broad market bond ETF like BMO Aggregate Bond Index (ZAG).
Wealthsimple offers six different impact investing ETFs: «CRBN,» which are global stocks with a lower carbon
exposure than the broader market; «PZD,» which is essentially cleantech; «DSI,» an ETF with socially responsible companies in the U.S.; and «SHE,» with companies that achieve greater levels of gender diversity.
That yield, by the way, isn't just much
higher than the broader market, it's also almost 90 basis points higher than the stock's own five - year average yield.
Additionally, since the fund is comprised of NASDAQ stocks, it will tend to more more volatile
than a broader market index like the S&P 500 and of course, other safe investments with lower volatility that rely on income for net returns rather than capital appreciation.
While some of these newer metrics show dividend stocks and / or dividend growers performing slightly
better than the broader market, it's certainly not the slam dunk for dividend stocks that was initially implied by the Ned Davis graph.
Issues defined as «growth stocks» have a number of common traits, but the most important is that their earnings are expected to grow at a faster
pace than the broader market over a period of time.
He's also a fan of companies that can consistently create cash flow, and given his historical preferences, the Oracle of Omaha has generally bought stocks that are inherently less
volatile than the broad market — attributes that only took the world of academia five decades to officially figure out, even though Buffett has been willing to drop such hints for about as long.
Rooted in strong fundamentals, First Asset «s smart solutions strive to deliver better risk - adjusted returns
than the broad market while helping investors achieve their personal financial goals.