Then again, as Rompotis notes, if their regular fund performance is any indication of active ETF performance, I doubt it.
What all persistence studies show is that active manager performance is mainly due to luck, not investment skill.
This news is nothing new to people who closely track active management performance.
PulsePoint is an important new mobile app designed to support communities that are working to improve cardiac arrest survival rates through improved bystander performance and active citizenship.
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Extras: Cold weather package, driver assist package, luxury seating package, premium sound package, 20 inch wheel with performance tires, active roll stabilization, instrument panel with leather, ceramic controls, and BMW apps.
Or said slightly differently, the higher the fees the higher the performance hurdle for an active fund versus a passive vehicle.
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Disciplined implementation of active strategies is the key to performance.
The Scalar i6000 HD provides high performance and availability with active-active dual robotics for fast data access times, its Active Vault technology (that includes policy-based integrity checking) and providing big data archives on tape.
The best reason for institutions to become more active ought to be their own investment performance.
The company sites studies showing that the active ingredient, quercetin, improves athletic performance.
But sooner or later the luck will run out, and shareholders will be left with the performance drag that comes from active portfolio management.
However, as index-based mutual funds and ETFs continue to gain popularity and active managers are increasingly pressured to control their performance tracking error relative to benchmark indexes, the markets could become less efficient.
The SEVEN Series provides total portability to meet the cross-platform needs of active gamers by leveraging a modular design for total performance control.
For example, all Executive models are equipped with Adaptive air-suspension featuring Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), which combines superior performance and enhanced ride comfort.
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Both claim to be active shareholders that want to work with management teams to get the best performance from their investments.
As markets sit out the summer in the hope of a more active final three months of 2012, LCD has analysed high-yield performance in terms of total return and price movement.
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Although some active managers may experience more short-term volatility and higher tracking error with their benchmarks, this growing trend should lead investors to look to active managers with long-term track records of strong risk-adjusted performance, as I foresee on-going attractive equity returns in the years ahead.
The active speakers harness an array of high-end components to deliver expansive audio performance from very compact constructions.
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They understand that index fund portfolios outperform portfolios using active funds almost all the time and use this knowledge to increase their portfolio performance.
"U.S. retail sales for active noise cancelation headphones have doubled in the last three years, but audio performance has always been compromised in the pursuit of ANC technology, " said Minarik.
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As low performance applications require only tens of MHz operation, SRAM temperature remains around RT, where active and leakage power consumptions are comparable.
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Thus a 5, 400 RPM HDD can use the flash memory for speeding performance while providing as much as 30% higher storage capacity for a given number of active disk surfaces than a 7, 200 RPM drive.
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The ACTIVE study also tested the time it took to do daily activities, like preparing a meal, and performance tests, such as reading price tables to pick the best telephone provider, Dr. Wolinsky said.
Part of the fear that drives investors to products such as variable annuities, equity-indexed annuities, and the false promises of active management (including absolute return funds) is the misplaced fear of the recent lost decade in the performance of stocks.
Polk's new Performance Line-Up, which appears in retail stores this fall, includes sports headphones and active noise cancelation (ANC) headphones designed for serious athletes engaged in exercise and fitness as well as suited for players and business professionals who travel frequently and often listen to music in noisy environments.
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Rather, it is a good recounting of how investors are dumping active mutual funds for cheaper passive strategies, partly over fees but also over a general feeling of discontent regarding performance.
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