James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician ...

Christine Benz: Hi, I'm Christine Benz for Morningstar.com. What is tracking error, and what information does it yield about mutual funds? Joining me to discuss that topic is Russ Kinnel. He is ...

(MoneyWatch) Investing in stocks involves accepting economic and political risks in return for higher expected returns than you can earn investing in Treasury bills or CDs. To help address these risks ...

While looking into ETFs, a potential investor may have noticed some “tracking errors” that occur in comparing the benchmark index with an ETF. But don’t let this discourage you from considering a ...

Owners of ETFs expect their investment to follow a given benchmark, and often rely on tracking error as their metric of choice to ascertain its correlation. However ...

In the month of June, the market price of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets( EEM) had a volatility that was 27% greater than its index and an annualized tracking error of ...

Socially responsible investments do not have to sacrifice returns to help people invest with their values. In the latest Parametric research, Jennifer Sireklove, Managing Director, Investment Strategy ...

Advisers today can access more-exotic locales and asset classes than ever before, thanks to exchange-traded funds. The evolution of the ETF universe, however, means ...

Tracking error is defined as the standard deviation of the difference between the fund’s returns and the returns on the index. In an ideal world, a tracker fund or ...