According to Morningstar, the average stock mutual fund had a total return of 7%.
The average value stock individually enjoys higher dividend income than the average growth stock.
The average stock price-earnings ratio is about 14, or 20% cheaper than in 2007.
The average growth stock enjoyed faster dividend growth than the average value stock.
Which means that the average fund holds the average stock for one year.
For comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index is up 6.37% for the first six months of 2011.
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Since May 30, 2003, the median company on our list gained 36% (the average stock on the list is up 42%).
The average stock mutual-fund investor paid 0.79% in fees last year, according to the Investment Company Institute, a fund-industry trade group.
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While the average stock fund fell by about 40% that year, the average hedge fund's drop was about 20%, according to Morningstar.
Which means the average fund held the average stock for five years.
In 2009, hedge funds lagged the stock market considerably, returning just 20% on average versus the average stock fund's 35% gain, according to Morningstar.
Treasury bonds have posted a return of 8.87% this year through Wednesday, according to data from Barclays, beating 2.83% on Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index.
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He's been hot on the sector since March, when he came to the conclusion that the average stock in the sector was trading at 50% of its fair value.
The average stock fund has a turnover in the vicinity of 100% , which means that in the space of 12 months it buys and sells an amount of stock equal to its net assets.
In a post-hoc analysis comparing average stock prices from 120 to 60 days before results were announced to the average price for the subsequent 60 days, those reporting positive results saw a mean increase in share price of 9.4 percent.
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According to the latest Dalbar study, the average stock mutual fund earned a little over 9% a year over the last 20 years while the average stock fund investor earned less than 4% a year over that same time period.
They analyzed each closing stock price before and after the date of a public announcement and found that the average stock price 120 days before a phase III clinical trial announcement showed an increase of 13.7 percent for companies that reported positive trials and a 0.7 percent drop for those reporting negative trial results ( here is the abstract).
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Five years ago the average Japanese stock was going for 45 times estimated profits for that fiscal year.
That's better than what the average common stock has returned in this century.
According to fund tracker Morningstar , the average domestic stock fund has embedded losses worth 40% of fund assets.
Companies experienced an average abnormal stock price increase of .84% in the two days following an announcement of eco-friendly behavior.
By comparison, the average diversified stock mutual fund manager, according to Lipper, had a total return of 12.37% last year.
Average daily stock volume rose 10% at the NYSE last year, and program trading accounted for 57% of daily trades, up from 50% the year earlier.
While most investors know that the average European stock fund is down this year, few may realize that Latin American funds are down 8% after a substantial run-up last year.
Of course, if you average out stock picks within rote selections of broad stock categories such as health care or technology, Asia or Europe, growth or value, you will find that the major effect on your performance comes from timing the market.
Calculate the average profit per winning stock and divide this figure by the average loss for all the losing stocks.
Compounding worries about the Fed was a 7.3% drop in Japan's Nikkei Stock Average.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average slipped 0.2% as some strengthening in the yen weighed on exporter shares.
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