NXS Long Value U.S. Equity Index – Permanent suspension of the calculation and publication of the Index
Performance & Volatility
| Accumulated performance | Volatility | |
|---|---|---|
| Intraday | 1.44% | n/a |
| 1m | -5.42% | 17.46% |
| 3m | -2.44% | 16.23% |
| ytd | n/a | 17.04% |
| 1y | -7.37% | 17.42% |
| 3y | 30.38% | 15.66% |
| 5y | 20.64% | 16.52% |
Last valuation date: 14/05/2019
Risk / Return from: 06/01/1999
| Annualized return | 9.92% |
| Volatility | 22.07% |
| Information ratio | 0.45 |
| Max Drawdown | -65.83% |
All information for an index prior to its Inception Date is back-tested, based on the methodology that was in effect on the Inception Date. Back-tested performance, which is hypothetical and not actual performance, is subject to inherent limitations because it reflects application of an Index methodology and selection of index constituents in hindsight. No theoretical approach can take into account all of the factors in the markets in general and the impact of decisions that might have been made during the actual operation of an index. Actual returns may differ from, and be lower than, back-tested returns.
The key elements of the index methodology are available upon demand.
Main Characteristics
Index level
1,076.56
Category
Risk Premia
Asset Class
Equity
Geographical Area
America
Currency
USD
Bloomberg Ticker
NXSRVALU
Weighting Method
Return
Total Return
Inception
19/02/2015
Sponsor
Calculation Agent
NXS Long Value US Equity Index is a dynamic strategy index with exposure to a basket of 50 US stocks selected from the S&P 500®
Total Return Index universe, based on their discount as reflected in a Value score. The aim of the index is to allow investors to capture the upside potential offered by a number of so-called undervalued US stocks, with a view to outperforming the risk-adjusted return on the S&P 500® Total Return Index.
To be included in the NXS Long Value US Equity Index, a stock must: be part of the S&P 500® Index; have a market capitalisation of over USD 1.5bn and show average liquidity over the preceding 6 months of over USD 15mn a day in volume.
From the stocks that meet these criteria, 50 are selected that are deemed to be the most undervalued, i.e. with the highest Value
score, and based on the following sector diversification: each of the 10 sectors of the ICB(1) classification is represented by at least
one stock and no more than seven stocks. The Value score is determined on the basis of the following three ratios: Earnings Yield:
revenues per share/share price; Book to Market Ratio: book value of the share/share price; Free Cash-Flow Yield: free cash flow per
share/share price.
The value score for a stock is given using an equally-weighted average of its ranking calculated with each of the three ratios. The
higher the ratios, the higher the Value score. The stocks in the basket are equally weighted daily and dividends are reinvested.
The Value risk premium is part of the Fama-French three-factor model (1992) to explain equity returns. The Value approach stems
from the observation whereby the price of a share can move away from the underlying value of the company in question and the
fact that so-called undervalued stocks historically offer returns that are generally higher than those of so-called overvalued stocks.
Strategies that invest with a Value approach offer attractive returns during phases of economic recovery, as the economic backdrop
tends to favour undervalued companies as they seek to address their difficulties.
