Is a closet index fund hiding in your portfolio ?
This would be costly! These funds mimic indexes, yet they have higher expense fees (typically between 1% and 2%) than index funds or index ETFs (0.1% to 0.5%). The accumulation of expense fees compounded over the years is significant. If you hold a closet index fund in your portfolio, you could -at no additional risk – increase your return by replacing this fund with a mutual index fund, or an ETF.
Fortunately, closet index funds can be exposed using simple statistical analysis. Closet index funds are likely to show:
This would be costly! These funds mimic indexes, yet they have higher expense fees (typically between 1% and 2%) than index funds or index ETFs (0.1% to 0.5%). The accumulation of expense fees compounded over the years is significant. If you hold a closet index fund in your portfolio, you could -at no additional risk – increase your return by replacing this fund with a mutual index fund, or an ETF.
Fortunately, closet index funds can be exposed using simple statistical analysis. Closet index funds are likely to show:
- A high correlation with the index
- A lower performance relative to the index
In Kwanti Portfolio Lab, define a portfolio with a single holding (that of the fund to analyze), and select the ‘index correlation’ function, which will correlate the fund to a broad range of standard indexes.