Fund managers have been changing the benchmarks they compared themselves to in order to make their past returns appear better than they really are, reports an article by Jason Zweig…
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Ask Which Market Your Fund is Beating
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, columnist Jason Zweig highlights and questions the fee practices of a Putnam Investment mutual fund, noting that the interests of fund managers and…
Morningstar’s Revamped Ratings Deliver Hit to Active Funds
The rating agency Morningstar has spruced up its rating system, which “hasn’t proved to be very predictive for future performance and volatility” and has “lost its luster because of the…
A Tale of Two Small-Cap Indexes
A recent article in Barron’s compares the performance of two small-cap indexes: the Russell 2000, the most commonly-used benchmark, and the lesser-known S&P SmallCap 600 index. According to the article,…