Consider the following information regarding the performance of a money manager in a recent month. The table presents the actual return of each sector of the managerâs portfolio in column (1), the fraction of the portfolio allocated to each sector in column (2), the benchmark or neutral sector allocations in column (3), and the returns of sector indexes in column (4).
(1)
Actual
Return (2)
Actual
Weight (3)
Benchmark
Weight (4)
Index
Return Equity 3.2% 0.60 0.40 3.8% (S&P 500) Bonds 2.4 0.20 0.40 2.7 (Aggregate Bond index) Cash 1.8 0.20 0.20 1.8
a-1. What was the managerâs return in the month? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Managerâs return %
a-2. What was her over or underperformance? (Input the value as positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
(Click to select)OverperformanceUnderperformance %
b. What was the contribution of security selection to relative performance? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Contribution of security selection %
c. What was the contribution of asset allocation to relative performance? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Contribution of asset allocation %
| Consider the following information regarding the performance of a money manager in a recent month. The table presents the actual return of each sector of the managerâs portfolio in column (1), the fraction of the portfolio allocated to each sector in column (2), the benchmark or neutral sector allocations in column (3), and the returns of sector indexes in column (4). |
| (1) Actual Return | (2) Actual Weight | (3) Benchmark Weight | (4) Index Return | |||||||||||
| Equity | 3.2% | 0.60 | 0.40 | 3.8% | (S&P 500) | |||||||||
| Bonds | 2.4 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 2.7 | (Aggregate Bond index) | |||||||||
| Cash | 1.8 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 1.8 | ||||||||||
| a-1. | What was the managerâs return in the month? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) |
| Managerâs return | % |
| a-2. | What was her over or underperformance? (Input the value as positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) |
| (Click to select)OverperformanceUnderperformance | % |
| b. | What was the contribution of security selection to relative performance? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) |
| Contribution of security selection | % |
| c. | What was the contribution of asset allocation to relative performance? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) |
| Contribution of asset allocation | % |
Related questions
Consider the following information regarding the performance of a money manager in a recent month. The table presents the actual return of each sector of the managerâs portfolio in column (1), the fraction of the portfolio allocated to each sector in column (2), the benchmark or neutral sector allocations in column (3), and the returns of sector indexes in column (4).
| (1) Actual Return | (2) Actual Weight | (3) Benchmark Weight | (4) Index Return | |||||||||||
| Equity | 3.2% | 0.80 | 0.50 | 4.0% | (S&P 500) | |||||||||
| Bonds | 2.8 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 2.9 | (Aggregate Bond Index) | |||||||||
| Cash | 2.0 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
a-1. What was the managerâs return in the month? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Managerâs return %
a-2. What was her over or underperformance? (Input the value as positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
(Click to select)UnderperformanceOverperformance %
b. What was the contribution of security selection to relative performance? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Contribution of security selection %
c. What was the contribution of asset allocation to relative performance? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Contribution of asset allocation %
| Consider the following information regarding the performance of a money manager in a recent month. The table represents the actual return of each sector of the managerâs portfolio in column 1, the fraction of the portfolio allocated to each sector in column 2, the benchmark or neutral sector allocations in column 3, and the returns of sector indices in column 4. |
| Actual Return | Actual Weight | Benchmark Weight | Index Return | ||||||||
| Equity | 2.2% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.7% (S&P 500) | |||||||
| Bonds | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 (Salomon Index) | |||||||
| Cash | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | |||||||
| a. | What was the managerâs return in the month? What was her overperformance or underperformance?(Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| The managerâs return in the month is | % |
| (Click to select)Underperformed byOutperformed | % |
| b. | What was the contribution of security selection to relative performance? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Contribution of security selection: | % |
| c. | What was the contribution of asset allocation to relative performance? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Contribution of asset allocation: | % |
