Sentences with phrase «when broad indices»

One of the thumb rules that I follow is, I buy additional units when broad indices (Sensex / Nifty) are below the 200 DMA (Day Moving Average).

Not exact matches

As we noted earlier this month when we revealed this year's list, an equal - weighted portfolio of Fortune 500 stocks held since 1980, rebalanced with each new year's list, would have earned twice the return of an investment in broader market indices.

When you purchase a broad swath of equities, say an S&P 500 index fund, the returns you can expect over the next decade or so comprise four building blocks: the starting dividend yield, projected growth in real earnings per share, expected inflation, and the expected change in «valuation» — that is, the expansion or contraction in the price / earnings (P / E) multiple.

When the strongest stocks in the market (typically small to mid-cap growth stocks) are convincingly breaking out to new highs ahead of the broad - based indexes, it is a very bullish sign and the main stock market indexes usually follow suit.

This is where our objective, rule - based market timing model really shines, as it prevents us from selling short when the main stock market indexes are still trending higher (or going long when the broad market is in a confirmed downtrend).

When you put your money in an index fund, you're investing in a broad range of stock or bonds (again, usually an entire market), so you don't have to deal with — or do the research associated with — buying and selling individual stocks.

Baby boomers grew up during a time when investing overseas was far from the comparatively transparent experience available today amid a broad array of low cost ETFs and index - based mutual fund options.

The fact that this ratio is now at the bottom band for most broadly defined stock indices suggests that the risk of continued underperformance by the broad market - versus large - cap indices - is substantially less than it was on April 5th, or even June 30th, when the most recent downdraft started.

If a stock or ETF is so strong that is manages to continue trending higher, even while the broad market is going sideways, that equity typically surges much higher when the major indices eventually rally as well.

When analyzing broad indices, like the S&P 500, we note that a few of the largest weighted names are all trading at high valuations, likely skewing the casual observer's inferences.

Long - time followers of our trading strategy know we seek to buy stocks and ETFs with relative strength to the main stock market indexes when the broad market is in an uptrend.

But if you are concerned that big stocks are overvalued, consider a broader portfolio such as Vanguard Index Total Stock Market (17.6 %), a fund keyed to the Wilshire 5000 index of virtually all publicly traded stocks in the U.S. With a total - market index fund, you'll benefit proportionally when small stocks bounce back, since they're automatically included in the portfolio pacIndex Total Stock Market (17.6 %), a fund keyed to the Wilshire 5000 index of virtually all publicly traded stocks in the U.S. With a total - market index fund, you'll benefit proportionally when small stocks bounce back, since they're automatically included in the portfolio pacindex of virtually all publicly traded stocks in the U.S. With a total - market index fund, you'll benefit proportionally when small stocks bounce back, since they're automatically included in the portfolio pacindex fund, you'll benefit proportionally when small stocks bounce back, since they're automatically included in the portfolio package.

Broad - based selling has battered the Alerian MLP Index; the selloff picked up steam when the Federal...

More generally, the EAFE index performs better when there is broad confirmation from its component countries.

When evaluating the performance of individual funds (as opposed to your overall portfolio), you can drill down a bit further than the broad indexes.

What I'm waiting for is the day when all major corporate retirement accounts begin offering low - cost index ETFs over broad market actively managed mutual funds.

The good old days, when you used a phone to call people, you could wear shoes through airport security, and ETFs simply tracked a broad index of stocks or bonds.

You wouldn't want to buy an index fund which only covers forestry companies when you actually wanted a broad - based index funds covering all the larger companies in the US.

The default products when investors think about indexing the broad market have tended to be index mutual funds or exchange - traded funds that are market - cap weighted.

Most of the broader indices are market capitalization weighted, which introduces other issues when looking at equal weighted backtest screen results.

So when you factor in higher management fees and the possibility of lower returns than broader - based index funds, investors could be giving up about 1 % in average annual investment returns.

«When it comes to eliminating guns — or anything else — from a broad - based index, there's a collision between finance theory and social responsibility,» says Hallett.

If you put together a portfolio of 6 % or higher dividend yield, when the broader market (S&P 500) is yielding 2 %, you are likely to experience under - performance in total returns over the index over the long - term because market doesn't offer very high yields without reason.

When you accept that your common stock portfolio will do no better or worse than the broad indices tracked, you are putting the pursuit of performance in its place.

When we take a broader look at all ETFs, we feel that SLYV (or IJS for taxable accouts) is a better choice of fund for the S&P Small - Cap 600 Value index.

On the other hand, when equal - weighted indices of 1700 issues like the Value Line Index drop 16 % from 52 - week highs set very near the May 2015 top for the S&P 500, it is difficult to set aside the reality that deterioration within the broader stock landscape may be forewarning excessive risk takers.

Yes, you would expect that to be true — although, when you include dividends, high dividend paying stocks have outperformed the broad indices when you include dividends over long periods of time.

The S&P 500 would seem to outpace the Reference Capitalization index when the stock market is rising, the broad US bond market is rising (i.e., interest rates are falling), and high - yield bonds, emerging markets bonds and REITS are performing badly.

Growth stocks are volatile when compared to broad market indexes and they are tied to the health of U.S. economy as a whole.

This also means that a high beta stock will fall more than the index when the broad market goes down.

Bottom line: Indexing works best when you use low - cost indexes that cover broad segments of the stock and bond markets as building blocks to create a diversified portfolio that matches your tolerance for risk — and that, aside from periodic rebalancing, you'll stick with through good markets and bad.

When the indexing revolution got underway back in the 1970s, the idea was for investors to track the performance of broad market benchmarks like the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

write, «when value equities and smaller equities outperform a broad stock market index, alternatively weighted strategies should generally outperform cap - weighted indexes.»

This is most likely to occur when the two ETFsFranklin Templeton (Keyword) track significantly different indexes: for example, if one index tracks the broad market and the replacement tracks only large - cap stocks.

Vanguard's broadest index funds These four funds, when combined with an asset allocation that's right for your situation, could help you meet almost any investment goal:

Index investing will work for quite a while when it's so broad.

In 2008, when the global stock market shed about a third of its value, broad - market bond index funds delivered over 6 %.

Why would I be up when the markets are down?!? I invest in broad index funds that should be a near - perfect match for what «the market» is doing!

In addition to good historical returns and strong alpha potential, international small cap stocks also provide good diversification when paired with other broad market indexes.

The negative correlation of -0.66 between these two variables indicates that when the broad high yield universe benefited from spread tightening, the HYLV index underperformed the benchmark from spread changes, and that spread widening would have less downward impact on the HYLV index than the benchmark.

The results below show what happens when you pick the best performing country funds instead of owning a broader international index fund.

There are times when gold does much better than gold mining stocks, but in the long run you're much better off buying precious - metal mining stocks — and in Canada, you've already got that if you own a broad - market index fund.»

Remember when index funds simply tracked the broad markets?

I will be following this rule of thumb for the time being I think the best time to look for the best dividend paying stocks is when we've had a significant market correction, not when broad market indexes are at all time highs.

Why bother listening to this completely self - serving securities industry «debate,» when you can simply buy very low cost, broad market index mutual funds and ETF, and then get on with your life?

Index funds eliminate the risk of underperforming the average (broader market) but when markets go down, they guarantee you will lose as well.

This leaves undesirable industry sector volatility in your portfolio, when compared to broader based market indexes that diversify across all market segments.

It is easy to understand those investors» frustration when the wealth generated by the Russell 1000 Value Index (and most value managers) was fully 24 % less than the broad market Russell 1000 Index over the last three years of the tech bubble.