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Sep 18, 2019

2018 Institutional SPIVA®: A Couple of Takeaways

S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) scorecards provide mainstay performance comparisons between active managers and benchmarks.  Our latest Institutional SPIVA scorecard shows once again how difficult active managers found it to beat benchmarks, net- or gross-of-fees.  Here are a couple of highlights. 2018 proved challenging for institutional equity managers, although institutional fixed income managers showed some…

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Jan 5, 2018

Big Things Come In Small Packages – Part 3

If you found a small-cap fund with a 23 year track-record that performed in the top 10th percentile of its peers over a 3-, 5-, 10-, and 15-year period, might you consider investing?  How about if you found out it was also a fraction of the price of its peer group?  Sounds pretty attractive, but…

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Jan 4, 2018

Big Things Come In Small Packages – Part 2

Not all indices are created equally, especially those representing US small-cap equities.  Many investors are surprised to learn that the S&P SmallCap 600 has outperformed the Russell 2000 by 2% annualized since inception (Dec. 31, 1994.)  This outperformance is persistent through different time periods, bull and bear market cycles, and with less risk.  The performance…

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