Tracking error is defined as the standard deviation of the difference between the fund’s returns and the returns on the index. In an ideal world, a tracker fund or ...

If a price-based tracking error, or the ETF price return minus index return, is abnormally high, it could mean the price has ...

Investors may bristle at the mere mention of tracking error—but that’s what helps them keep more of their money while maximizing their after-tax returns. Taxes can have a major impact on the long-term ...

CalPERS' board is expected to decide in September whether to remove alternative investments from its tracking-error calculation used to control risk. Deciding to do ...