View Single Post
  #9  
Old 10-08-2006, 06:43 PM
mwgr5 mwgr5 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Madison
Posts: 450
Default Re: Time to get my feet wet; Vanguard Mutual Funds

[ QUOTE ]

The fact that growth stocks have outperformed value stocks for periods over a decade is somewhat meaningless. Tracking error is a necessity of decorrelated assets.


[/ QUOTE ]

Tracking error is a problem. When people see their portflio that is supposed to be riskier than the market and outperform the market underperform for a long period of time they are likley to alter their asset allocation, hurting investment returns.
Reply With Quote