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Showing posts with label absolute return. Show all posts
Showing posts with label absolute return. Show all posts
Tuesday, 7 January 2020

What is a relative-performance orientation?

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Relative performance involves measuring investment results, not against an absolute standard, but against broad stock market indices, such ...
Sunday, 1 July 2018

The true measure of a successful investor

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The true measure of a successful investor is not a comparison of performance against a stated index, but rather how well a portfolio perfor...
Friday, 28 April 2017

Return Objectives

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Absolute return objectives sate the percentage return desired by the client.  The return may be expressed on a real or nominal basis. Re...
Saturday, 14 January 2017

Central elements to a Value Investing Philosophy

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The three central elements to a value investing philosophy: 1) A "bottom-up" strategy 2) Absolute (as opposed to relative) ...
Friday, 4 June 2010

Absolute Return Investing

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At the other extreme, there are funds that are not benchmarked.  Instead, their objective is to target a particular return with a given risk...

Benchmark Investing: Relative Return Investment Strategy

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Fund managers who track a benchmark closely have a relative return investment strategy. Their asset allocation strategy and stocks picked ...
Monday, 1 March 2010

Growing at 15% a year - what does this entail?

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To achieve a 100% gain in your investment over 5 years, the initial capital has to grow at a compound rate of 15% per year. This means that...
Friday, 12 February 2010

Individual investor should focus on absolute returns from their investment.

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The fund manager tends to benchmark the return of the fund to an index. However, for the individual investor, it is better to focus on abso...
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Where is your focus in your investment returns?

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Are you focussed on absolute return and capital preservation ? Or, are you more focussed on relative return to a certain benchmark ? Perhap...