In other words, no matter how good the fund, its manager or its securities selection, if Morningstar says it is good, then so much money pours in to the fund that
the underlying holdings of the fund can get a short - term boost as the manager puts the new money to work.
Based on
the underlying holdings of the fund.
Not exact matches
The return
of principal for bond
funds and for
funds with significant
underlying bond
holdings is not guaranteed.
Funds of funds rely on underlying managers» allocations and holdings may be less transparent than in single manager long - only f
Funds of funds rely on underlying managers» allocations and holdings may be less transparent than in single manager long - only f
funds rely on
underlying managers» allocations and
holdings may be less transparent than in single manager long - only
fundsfunds.
However, the solid
underlying fundamentals and attractive valuations
of the
fund's
holdings provide an excellent opportunity for a return to outperformance going forward.
For instance, the LS40
fund holds an assortment
of Vanguard's
underlying equity
funds that together make up 40 % total equity exposure.
Ultimately, the
underlying fundamentals
of Royce Special Equity
Fund's
holdings, with low market expectations, provide excellent opportunity for outperformance moving forward.
If you are unable to think about stocks or the index
funds that
hold those stocks rationally — and understand that just because the market declined, say, 25 percent, does not mean you have lost 25 percent
of your
underlying earnings power, you stand virtually no chance
of enjoying this sort
of outcome.
However, only $ 15 million
of that amount is attributable to
underlying investments
of the
fund that have been
held in excess
of three years.
While we don't make investment decisions based on how the market as a whole is trading or even the
underlying sectors, we do think it is notable that today approximately 80 %
of the
fund holdings are members
of the Technology, Industrials, and Consumer Discretionary sectors and that each
of these sectors are currently trading below their average PE ratios over the past 30 years.
However, the
Fund may experience a loss even when the entire value
of its stock portfolio is hedged if the returns
of the stocks
held by the
Fund do not exceed the returns
of the securities and financial instruments used to hedge, or if the exercise prices
of the
Fund's call and put options differ, so that the combined loss on these options during a market advance exceeds the gain on the
underlying stock index.
Futures also serve as
underlying holdings of several ETFs, especially commodity
funds, which do not buy the physical commodity, but track the futures contract price.
I would, therefore, ask Hanushek and Lindseth to stop tilting at windmills and to join with me in instituting a dialogue in major areas in which we do agree, like the fact that courts can and should
hold states and school districts accountable for better performance, and that «school
funding policies must recognize the
underlying heterogeneity
of students and their educational challenges and ensure that all schools have the means to succeed» (Hanushek and Lindseth, Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses, page 218).
We must change the
underlying policy environment in which schools and educators operate, the mechanisms through which our schools are
funded and the way we
hold schools accountable for the progress
of their students.
Hence, for the debt mutual
funds, declining bond prices
of underlying holdings have been impacting the return that is a function
of changing bond price.
If anything, the price
of an ETF is more tightly coupled to the
underlying holdings or assets than a mutual
fund, because
of the independent creation / destruction mechanism.
But this week TD launched something innovative: a lineup
of five mutual
funds that use the bank's ETFs as their
underlying holdings.
These two «ex Canada»
funds get at least some
of their exposure by
holding underlying U.S. - listed ETFs rather than
holding their stocks directly.
The Master
Fund may invest, including for defensive purposes, directly and indirectly, some or all
of its assets in high quality fixed - income securities, money market instruments and money market mutual
funds, or
hold cash or cash equivalents in such amounts as the Advisor or general partner, manager or equivalent
of the
underlying Investment
Fund (the «Investment
Fund manager (s)») deem appropriate under the circumstances.
Unless you are willing to research the
underlying holdings of various REITs you should consider just buying an index
fund or ETF that contains REITs.
Investments in target date or target retirement
funds are subject to the risks
of their
underlying holdings.
Share prices can deviate from the
fund's net asset value
of the
underlying securities it
holds, as market forces
of supply and demand can lead to a trading discount or premium.
So it will credit the investor's account for 100,000 shares and simultaneously purchase $ 2 million worth
of the
fund's
underlying holdings.
Since the
underlying holdings of VFV and VOO are identical, you might expect the two
funds to have the same dividend yield.
These
funds have oftentimes been scrutinized for underperforming the dividend growth rates
of the
underlying holdings
The BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF (ZWB) is an actively managed
fund that
holds Canadian bank stocks or units
of the BMO S&P / TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF (ZEB) and writes covered call options on the
underlying securities depending on market conditions.
This
fund is designed to replicate the performance
of its
underlying index and may be considered a long - term core
holding.
What matters is your domestic currency and the currency
of the
underlying assets that the
fund holds.
A slowdown in the U.S. has prompted repositioning
of the global portfolios at Cougar Global Investments, a Toronto - based firm that employs tactical asset allocation while using exchange - traded
funds as the
underlying holdings for its portfolios.
And finally, we've got the iShares Diversified Monthly Income
Fund, which
holds a bunch
of underlying ETFs.
The tax status
of a capital gain distribution is determined by how long the
fund held the
underlying security that was sold, not by how long you have owned the
fund.
However, hedge
funds often buy and sell their
holdings quickly (day - to - day), so by the time the
holdings are published the ETF might not be an accurate reflection
of the
underlying fund.
If you dig deeper you'll also find that XTR
holds only plain - vanilla stock and bond
funds, while ZIM includes some more exotic investments such as floating - rate notes, emerging market bonds and a couple
of ETFs that write call and put options on their
underlying stocks to generate more income.
Its
underlying holding will be the US - listed version
of this
fund, the Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI), a core piece
of my Complete Couch Potato.
A gain is realized only when the
fund sells some
of the
underlying securities for a profit, and if the
fund is
holding some unused capital losses, the gains will be offset against the losses, resulting in a smaller loss carried forward to future years or a smaller gain to be be distributed to shareholders, depending on the relative sizes
of the gain and the loss.
It's «almost» identical because the
fund will take a small management fee, you will have to pay annual taxes on capital gains (if you
hold the investment in a taxable account), and because the
fund has to actually invest in the
underlying stocks, there will be small differences due to rounding and timing
of the
fund's trades.
The value
of these
holdings will evolve over time — given performance differences in the
underlying funds — and the investor or plan sponsor will eventually face the challenge
of finding an effective rebalancing methodology.
The most interesting take away for me, given the talk
of a low volatility bubble, is that «If you look at the constituent
holdings of the S&P 500, min - vol
funds hold far less than 1 % (0.2 %, in fact)
of the
underlying holdings.»
Intraday Indicative Value (IIV): The IIV is an estimate
of the real - time value
of the
Fund's
underlying holdings based on current market prices and should not be viewed as a projection
of NAV, which is determined at the end
of the day.
Like a mutual
fund, ETFs are open - ended, meaning that new units
of the
fund can be created or redeemed at a price per unit that reflects the market value
of the
underlying securities the
fund holds.
For example, if the currency
of your country
of residence strengthens against the currency in which the
underlying investments
of the
fund are made, the value
of your
holding will reduce and vice versa.
The Sustainable Impact
Fund's sustainable impact investment policy, which incorporates an analysis
of environmental, social and corporate governance factors, may result in the
Fund foregoing opportunities to buy certain
Underlying Funds when it might otherwise be advantageous to do so, or selling its
holdings in certain
Underlying Funds for sustainable impact investment reasons when it might be otherwise disadvantageous for it to do so.
Net Asset Value Or NAV is the value
of each share
of a
fund as determined by the value
of its
underlying holdings, including any cash in the portfolio.
Target - date
funds work in a similar fashion, wherein they distribute the capital gains and dividends
of their
underlying fund holdings.
The extent to which the composition
of the investment assets
of the
Underlying Funds held by each Portfolio exposes the Portfolio to the risk
of movement in the value
of non-U.S. currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar will be monitored on an ongoing basis.
A capital gains distribution is a payment to shareholders that is prompted by a
fund manager's liquidation
of underlying stocks and securities in a mutual
fund, or derived from dividend and interest earned by the
fund's
holdings minus the
fund's operating expenses.
Aside from cash and cash equivalents, the Portfolio
holds units
of its
Underlying Funds, which may be managed by CIBC or its affiliates.
The performance
of the Portfolio will be related to the performance
of the
Underlying Funds held by the Portfolio.
After plugging the names or ticker symbols
of your
funds, you'll be able to see how your portfolio looks overall, how your savings are broken down by different asset classes, what you're paying in
underlying expenses and where
holdings of these many
funds may overlap.
The Portfolio will then enter into non-U.S. currency hedging transactions to hedge the exposure
of the net asset value
of units
of the
Underlying Funds held by the Portfolio to fluctuations in the value
of non-U.S. currencies.