FactMaster

FactMaster is a hypothetical modeling portfolio tool that incorporates historical performance analysis as well as investment style analysis.  FactMaster enables the advisor to perform advanced, high-powered investment analysis as an analytical companion to the AllocationMaster asset allocation tool.

Module Target User – Advisors
Completion Time – 30 to 60 minutes

This module:

  • Helps analyze implementation plans using style analysis, hypothetical model portfolios, investment fact sheets and historical data
  • Provides up to 40 years of performance history for thousands of market indexes, mutual funds and equities
  • Data Selection
    -Mutual Fund screening based on fund style, family, investment objective, fees and expenses, management information and descriptive statistics
    - Mutual fund fact sheets summarizing performance and fund characteristic information including performance relative to a benchmark and a category
    - Domestic equities and exchange-traded funds
    - Market indices covering domestic and foreign equity, fixed income, cash, and more
  • Model Portfolios
    - Specify up to five mixes plus present assets to analyze historical volatility and return
  • Hypothetical Analysis
    - Model the past performance of a fund, stock, index, combination of investments or a fixed rate product
    - Specify an initial investment amount, annual contributions and withdrawals
  • Returns-Based Style Analysis
    - Compute the combination of asset classes that best replicates the historical performance of a fund or manager for use in benchmarking and performance evaluation