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Moderate Asset Allocation Total Return Index (CIJ Index)
The Ibbotson Associates Moderate Asset Allocation Total Return Index, published by the Chicago Board Options Exchange under the symbol “CIJ,” tracks the performance of a hypothetical basket of indexes. The CIJ index is comprised of seven underlying constituent indexes in the U.S. and international markets. Updated daily, it reflects an optimized strategic asset allocation model with a moderate risk level.
Index MethodologyEach month, Ibbotson Associates reallocates the Index based on the results of mean-variance optimization and resampling processes. The inputs needed to conduct mean-variance optimization are asset class expected returns, expected standard deviations, and expected cross-asset class correlations. Ibbotson Associates develops each of these statistics using a combination of historical data and current market information. Once the inputs are optimized, creating the efficient frontier, they are then subject to resampling. Portfolio allocations on a resampled frontier, or one frontier that is an average of many simulated frontiers generated through multiple variations of the original inputs, tend to be more diversified and less sensitive to forecast errors.
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June 201232.059.374.429.018.1236.050.98
May 201232.109.394.469.408.5234.941.19
April 201232.259.444.489.518.5534.541.23
March 201231.759.304.459.928.5234.891.17
February 201231.649.274.559.718.3935.341.10
January 201231.689.264.439.748.2635.541.09
December 201131.549.244.419.938.4235.291.17
November 201131.489.224.3610.268.4934.941.25
October 201131.499.224.3310.507.8035.740.92
September 201131.329.184.3510.538.7134.471.44
August 201131.079.114.3610.898.9333.881.76
July 201131.139.134.4510.779.0333.631.86
June 201131.139.144.4410.789.0633.611.83
May 201131.109.144.4010.799.2233.431.92
April 201131.359.204.4510.529.1933.341.95
March 201131.279.184.3810.749.1333.371.93
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