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Contact Us Site Map Home Reference Materials Articles Concepts Statistics StatFACTS Links Conference Materials Dynamic Text Contact Us how to calculate tracking error Request More Information Complimentary Investment Analysis Schedule Web Demo Tracking Error Also known as the standard deviation of excess returns, tracking error measures how consistently a manager outperforms or underperforms the benchmark. PDF
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version: StatFacts_Tracking_Error.pdf How Is it Useful? Tracking error measures the consistency of excess returns. It is created by taking the difference between the manager return and the benchmark return every month or quarter and then calculating how volatile that difference is. Tracking error is also useful in determining just how “active” a manager’s strategy is. The lower the tracking error, the closer the manager follows the benchmark. low tracking error The higher the tracking error, the more the manager deviates from the benchmark. What Is a Good Number? A good tracking error depends upon investor preference. If the investor believes markets are efficient and that it is difficult for active managers to consistently add value, then that investor would prefer a lower tracking error. Alternatively, if the investor believes that smart active managers can add significant value and should not be “tied down” to a benchmark, the investor would tolerate higher levels of tracking error. What Are the Limitations? Tracking error cuts both ways, measuring both periods of outperformance and underperformance versus the benchmark. An investor would prefer high tracking error if there was a high degree of outperformance but a low tracking error if there was consistent underperformance. Tracking error does not distinguish between the two. What Do the Graphs Show Me? Below are two very different active managers. The green bars represent months of outperformance. The red bars are months of underperformance versus the benchmark. Tracking error is created by taking the standard deviation of the red and green bars. We can infer just how active a manager’s strategy is from the below information. The small p
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