An active fund manager is one who tries to outperform stock market indices by skillfully selecting winning stocks.
It is an investment technique whereby a fund manager/investor manages assets by trading in and out or repositioning portfolio to take advantage of market opportunities/fluctuations
Ongoing supervision of a portfolio and its holdings to achieve maximum results. Active management is one of the main benefits of investing in a mutual fund.
Actively managed mutual funds involve the fund manager's selecting individual securities. This approach is in contrast to the approach taken in index funds.
the pursuit of investment returns in excess of a specified benchmark
An investment strategy which aims to outperform a particular market or sector. Active managers have full flexibility in deciding what securities to buy and sell based on investment research, market forecasts, and their own judgment.
A portfolio management strategy that attempts to add value relative to a passive management style by employing a specialized strategy, such as market timing, sector rotation, factor or theme selection and/or security selection.
A portfolio management strategy where the manager actively builds and repositions portfolios to take advantage of apparently favourable market opportunities. Under an active strategy, a portfolio's composition will not mirror that of the index (c.f. passive management), but will differ as the manager takes overweight and underweight positions based on their perception of where those opportunities arise (e.g. Duration yield curve).
A portfolio management strategy built on the premise that markets are not perfectly efficient and that opportunities exist to take advantage of inefficiencies as they arise. Under an active strategy, a portfolio's composition will not mirror that of the index (c.f. passive management), but will differ as the manager takes overweight and underweight positions based on their estimation of the under- and overvaluations of individual stocks.
Where the fund manager seeks returns over and above the benchmark and sector. From thorough research, the fund manager will select stocks that he/she believes will give the highest return on investment.
Portfolio management with the aim of outperforming a benchmark. Opposite: passive management.
Seeks to use stock selection to build portfolios that outperform a market benchmark.
Management approach in which humans actively manipulate ecosystems through timber harvesting and thinning to improve forest health and to reduce fire hazard.
An investment approach in which the portfolio manager selects securities to meet a particular objective. (The funds in the Scarborough plans use active managers.)
A style of investment management that seeks to outperform a benchmark or market index.
The traditional investment approach where fund managers actively build and change a portfolio of assets (e.g. stocks and shares) in order to take advantage of the best opportunities in the stock market.
"Hands on" portfolio management of a fund with the sole purpose of trying to outperform the return of an unmanaged or passive benchmark or index. Active managers use economic data, investment research, market forecasts, etc. to help make investment decisions. ADVISORY FEE The amount paid by a fund company to the investment manager for managing or advising the fund's portfolio. Sometimes referred to as management fee. At the client level, an advisory fee is paid to a financial advisor for portfolio oversight, financial planning, and other related services.
a style of investment management that seeks to attain returns above a set benchmark. This is the opposite of passive or index management.
The process of hand selecting securities with the purpose of trying to outperform a benchmark index. Active portfolio managers use economic data, investment research, market forecasts, and other indicators to help make investment decisions.
Investment strategy that seeks to achieve portfolio returns more than commensurate with risk, either by forecasting broad market trends or by identifying particularly mispriced sectors of a market or securities in a market.
An investment strategy that seeks to outperform the average returns of the financial markets. Active managers rely on research, market forecasts, and their own judgment and experience in selecting securities to buy and sell.
investing through security selection usually aimed at buying individual stocks in the expectation that the portfolio will out-perform a given index; done at higher costs than tracking an index due to increased costs of research; contrast with passive management
A portfolio strategy of aggressively managing assets by continually repositioning portfolios to take advantage of the most favorable opportunities.
Fund managers who strive to outperform the market by identifying stocks that could produce better returns and beat the overall market (or target index).
A style of investment management seeking to attain returns above a set benchmark by asset allocation and stock selection. (Opposite of Passive Management).
Investment management with the goal of selecting specific securities from a given universe in an attempt to outperform the average of that universe. (See Passive Management.)
(Gestion active) Management method designed to outperform the market by regularly changing asset selection and weighting.
Active fund managers believe securities are mis-priced and can spot opportunities to put through asset allocation and/or stock selection. See also index tracking and passive management.
An account is Actively Managed when an investment manager tries to obtain the highest possible return relative to a market index, typically by buying and selling frequently. Passive Management
Any investment strategy that involves picking individual securities with the goal of either beating the market's returns, or lessening the risk of following the market.
An investment approach that seeks to outperform benchmark returns
the difference between actual returns and the returns which would have been achieved from a passive investment strategy.
A style of investment management that seeks to attain returns above a set benchmark by constantly monitoring and, if necessary, changing asset allocation and security selection.
A mutual fund management style in which the fund manager uses analytic or forecasting tools to buy and sell individual securities for the fund portfolio.
Unlike passive management or index tracking this is a process whereby the active manager selects industry sectors in light of expected economic conditions and individual stocks on the basis of research into a companies prospects.
Attempts to achieve portfolio returns greater than a specific index while controlling risk, either by forecasting broad market trends or by identifying particular mispriced sectors of a market or securities in a market. The opposite of passive management.
Investment strategy that actively manages a portfolio with the objective of producing returns in excess of a specified benchmark.
A style of stock selection and asset allocation that aims to achieve returns above a set benchmark.
Active management (also called active investing) refers to a portfolio management strategy where the manager makes specific investments with the goal of outperforming a benchmark index.