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Examining Passive Performance at the Core
How does indexing work for large-cap equities? S&P DJI’s Hamish Preston and State Street Global Advisor’s Michael Arone take a closer look at lessons from 20 years of SPIVA, including fee savings, outperformance, and what the latest GICS® changes mean for sectors and industries moving forward.
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How Target Outcome Indices Work
Indexing is democratizing access to defined outcomes, providing a simple, transparent, index-based blueprint for target outcome strategies that can be applied to both active and passive vehicles. Take a closer look at what makes these indices tick and the range of potential applications for these innovative tools.
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Why the S&P 500 Reduces Portfolio Volatility for Indian Investors
Home bias has been a prominent theme in India since the beginning of the mutual fund industry. Investors historically questioned why they should diversify their high GDP growth portfolio (India) with lower growth economies such as the US. This hypothesis has been tested over the last decade. India has delivered a high GDP growth but…
Education Is the Armor That Can Protect You from Your Stomach
I had the privilege to sit down, albeit virtually, with Larry Swedroe, Chief Research Officer at Buckingham Wealth Partners, after he participated in our webinar for financial advisors, “How Has COVID-19 Affected Active vs. Passive Performance?” to dig deeper into his thoughts on SPIVA® results during the first four months of 2020. Brent Kopp (BK)…
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Quantifying Fee Drag on Investment Returns
The impact of fees on investment returns is a widely studied and much debated topic. Over the past decade, as index-linked, lower-cost passive investing has taken hold, fees have become a greater focus. In recent years, there have been several studies published examining the impact of fees on performance. The U.K’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),…
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Mutual Fund Portfolios: Equal Weight or Cap Weight?
Equal-weighted indices typically outperform their cap-weighted counterparts (although 2017 so far has proven to be an exception to the general rule). This means that portfolio managers can usually create a performance tailwind by equal weighting rather than cap weighting their holdings. But do they? One way to assess this question is by using the Herfindahl-Hirschman…
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Tips and Tricks in Reading the Persistence Scorecard
Much has been written about the persistence of manager performance. The S&P Persistence Scorecard attempts to track the status of top quartile and top half managers over specified subsequent periods. Over the years, we have received a fair amount of inquiries from our readers regarding the computation, methodology, and interpretation of results. This blog attempts…
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Man Bites Dog
Everyone wants to invest with the ‘smartest guys in the room’. But what do the smartest guys invest in? Well, a poll of mutual fund professionals suggests a very surprising result. As regular readers of this blog will know, while there are plenty of managers who can show attractive returns over the past few quarters…
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