Equity Income is trading at 45.34 as of the 24th of November 2024; that is 0.64 percent up since the beginning of the trading day. The fund's open price was 45.05. Equity Income has less than a 18 % chance of experiencing some financial distress in the next two years of operation and had a good performance during the last 90 days. Equity ratings for Equity Income Fund are calculated daily based on our scoring framework. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 25th of September 2024 and ending today, the 24th of November 2024. Click here to learn more.
Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80 percent of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in dividend-paying equity securities at the time of purchase. It usually invests in equity securities of companies with large and medium market capitalizations. More on Equity Income Fund
Equity Income Fund [PEIJX] is traded in USA and was established 24th of November 2024. Equity Income is listed under Principal Funds category by Fama And French industry classification. The fund is listed under Large Value category and is part of Principal Funds family. This fund at this time has accumulated 6.31 B in assets with no minimum investment requirementsEquity Income is currently producing year-to-date (YTD) return of 22.11% with the current yeild of 0.02%, while the total return for the last 3 years was 7.23%.
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Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on Equity Mutual Fund. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding Equity Mutual Fund, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as Equity Income Fund Mutual Fund, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
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Equity Income financial ratios help investors to determine whether Equity Mutual Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Equity with respect to the benefits of owning Equity Income security.