total-return

It's something you'd never know unless you looked at the total-return data.

Price Charts Can Mislead Simon Constable 2011

Matt Hougan , president for ETF analytics at IndexUniverse.com, says he expects his site to provide total-return charts by the end of the year.

Why We Can't Tell if the Market Is Half Empty or Half Full Jason Zweig 2011

In the last 10 years, the 10-stock Dow Dogs have beaten the Dow industrials on a total-return basis five times.

An Investing Plan Gone to the Dogs Dave Kansas 2011

In 2011, hedge funds on average lost 5%, according to an estimate by Hedge Fund Research Inc., lagging behind the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, which gained 2.1% on a total-return basis.

Why Hedge Funds Tripped in a Volatile Year Steve Eder 2012

Nearly 2,000 users have "liked" a request for total-return charts at Google Finance's product-ideas page; a Google spokesman says, "We welcome the feedback, but we don't have any specific plans to announce."

Why We Can't Tell if the Market Is Half Empty or Half Full Jason Zweig 2011

While the S&P 500 almost is flat on the year, falling just 1.8% on a total-return basis through Thursday, the index's return would be 16% if the three worst days were stripped out, according to Mick Higley , author of investment letter "By the Numbers."

Numbers Game Offers Investors Little to Count On Jonathan Cheng 2011

It relies heavily on S&P's "Stock Appreciation Ranking System," or Stars—analysts' forecasts of a stock's future total-return potential.

A New Way to Rate Funds Daisy Maxey 2011

A spokeswoman for Yahoo says total-return charts are "in the pipeline" but wouldn't provide a timetable.

Why We Can't Tell if the Market Is Half Empty or Half Full Jason Zweig 2011

"Futures, interest-rate swaps, total-return swaps, credit-default swaps, forward contracts, options, swaptions and any number of other derivatives are typically buried in portfolio footnotes and endnotes, some of which are ambiguous at best, and useless at worst," Mr. Jacobson said.

Mutual Funds Often Unclear on Their Use of Derivatives Daisy Maxey 2010

"Futures, interest-rate swaps, total-return swaps, credit-default swaps, forward contracts, options, swaptions and any number of other derivatives are typically buried in portfolio footnotes and endnotes, some of which are ambiguous at best, and useless at worst," Mr. Jacobson said.

Mutual Funds Often Unclear on Their Use of Derivatives Daisy Maxey 2010