ETF
- Buy/sell like stocks
- Baskets of stocks
- Transparent, liquid
Mutual Fund 共同基金
- Buy/sell at end of day
- Quarterly disclosure
- Less transparent
Hedge Fund
- Buy/sell by agreement
- No disclosure
- Not transparent
Large cap 大盘
sharesprice = 市值
Assets Under Management,AUM 资产管理规模
Incentives: How are they compensated?
ETFs: Expense Ratio
Mutual Funds: Expense Ratio
Hedge Funds:"Two and Twenty": AUM 20%portfolio"
100 million dollar >> 115 million dollar
Two: 100m * 0.02 = 2m
Twenty: 15m * 0.2 = 3m
total: 5m
How funds attract investors?
Who?
- Individuals
- Institutions (often 公益机构)
- Funds of funds
Why?
- Track record
- Simulation and story
- Good portfolio fit:如果你的基金是关于指数的,而投资者已经投了这个指数,那么ta可能就不会选择你了。
Goals
- Beta benchmark >> SP500
- Absolute return >>long/short
Metrics
- Cumulative return
- Volatility
- Risk/Reward