The FTSE Islamic Index has fallen 41 percent, and the all-world index 44 percent, similar losses over the past six months.
Investors who maintain a balanced portfolio of 60 percent in global equity index funds and 40 percent in fixed income index funds should see about a 5.0 percent annualized net of fees over 10 years.
Vale shares are down 13.3 percent year to date, underperforming the MSCI Brazil index (down 3.85 percent) and the MSCI Emerging Markets index (up 11.47 percent).
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The emerging market index is down 13 percent, with the Russell 2000 Index of small capitalization properties off 16 percent.
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The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.7 percent to 2, 199.41 and the Shenzhen Composite Index rose 1.3 percent to 935.07.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2 percent to 2, 235.58 and the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index added 0.1 percent to 955.33.
According to the article (see below) and public documents, the fund is invested about 50 percent in passive index strategies and 50 percent in active strategies including hedge funds, venture capital, real estate and special investments.
In afternoon trading, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares rose 4.56 percent, Germany's DAX index jumped 8.66 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 3.15 percent.
The MSCI Brazil index is down 8.67 percent this year while the MSCI Emerging Markets index is up 13.6 percent.
The fresh vegetable price index rose from 17.1 percent in January to 31 percent in October, while the fresh fruit price index rose from 9.8 percent to 17.7 percent.
Sivak said that the 14 percent drop in his index swamps the four percent increase in drivers over the period.
The index recovered last year with an increase of 16.6 percent, and through this June, the index has increased 6.2 percent.
Meanwhile, the MSCI Brazil index, which tracks the Bovespa, is down 9.5 percent year to date while the MSCI Emerging Markets index is up 7.96 percent over the same period.
Now compare that to Shanghai in the same time, Shanghai's benchmark composite index rose 130 percent.
When you look at the Consumer Price Index, perhaps 20 percent is tied to oil and food so the inflation in the index must work higher.
Over the last 12 months, the iShares MSCI Brazil ( EWZ) exchange traded fund is down 15.14 percent while the MSCI Emerging Markets index is up 3.14 percent.
Over the last 12 months, energy prices are up 18 percent, so the overall consumer price index is up 3.5 percent for the 12 months ending in April, and that's somewhat higher than it's been.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.9 percent to 21, 918.09 and the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.4 percent to 2, 221.42.
The Hang Seng was up 0.25 percent to 20814 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index was up 0.05 percent to 2057 points.
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The mean winning fund achieved returns that were about 0.9 percent higher than the index while the mean losing fund fell about 1.7 percent short.
The iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ) exchange traded fund is down 7.6 percent year to date while the MSCI Emerging Markets index is up by nearly 16 percent.
The yen weakened 3.5 percent against the dollar, to 96.16 yen, while Tokyo's Nikkei stock index rose 2.2 percent to 12, 634.54.
After reaching an all-time high a week ago, the index has slumped 3 percent.
The index was up 27 percent from its October 1990 low during the Gulf War.
That pushed the percent of Index loans with only incurrence test to a record 30%.
By June 26, 1962, the index had fallen 27 percent from the previous year's record, to 535.76.
During 2008, the Consumer Price Index rose almost 5 percent and then fell back by the same amount.
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