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On Monday 7 September, Labor Day, all fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics were uploaded to MFO Premium, reflecting performance through August 2020. There are now more than 10,000 US funds (OEFs, ETFs, CEFs). 10,007 to be precise. That excludes Insurance Funds, which number 2,107. Add in all share classes and the …
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All fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics reflecting performance through July 2020 were uploaded to MFO Premium on Tuesday, 4 August. There’s a lot worth pointing out this month …
This past Sunday, 5 July, all fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics were uploaded to the site, reflecting performance through June 2020. In the three months since March’s steep decline, just about all asset classes have advanced, some dramatically, especially technology. To review funds during this period, MultiSearch users can set Display …
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All fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics have been uploaded to MFO Premium, reflecting performance through May 2020. The S&P 500 continues to recover from its March lows, now off just a few percent YTD. The rebound has been driven mostly by the tech leaders: Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook. These five …
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Nine new evaluation (or display) periods have been added to the main MultiSearch tool, bringing total available now to 57. The new periods all key on events since the Great Financial Crisis, ever more commonly referred to as “GFC.” The same nine have also been added to the Portfolios tool.
All fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics have been uploaded to MFO Premium, reflecting performance through April 2020, which was the first positive month for S&P 500 this year. Considering the shock to global economies caused by CV-19, year-to-date returns don’t seem so bad … S&P 500 off just 9.3% (thank you FAAMG). …
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All fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics were uploaded yesterday morning to MFO Premium, reflecting performance through January 2020. While the decade for equity funds began flat or mixed, bonds were up, especially long-term (e.g., TLT +7.0%). Dodge & Cox Income (DODIX), a long-time MFO Great Owl, returned 1.6% in January. It’s delivered …
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All fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics have been uploaded to MFO Premium, reflecting performance through November 2019. We went live the morning of 10 December, which is typically the longest it takes. The first Saturday of the month, when Lipper (Refinitiv) drops the monthly data, occurred on the 7th. The year-end data …
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Nearly all MFO fund ratings are relative to category peers. So, having an easy way to compare fund risk and return metrics against peer or category average performance is a helpful feature, which is precisely what the “Include Average” option enables in MultiSearch. When MultiSearch users select “Include Averages,” along with say Dodge & …
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