Over a full twenty-two years, the FTSE RAFI Canada Index outperformed the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index. While you cannot invest directly in an index, you can invest in a fund that tracks an index.
Before fees, $10,000 that tracked the Canadian Fundamental Index would have grown to $106,480 whereas the same $10,000 that tracked the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index would ony have grown to $49,738.
$10,000 invested in the Morningstar Canadian Equity Fund Average Index would only have grown to $34,246. However, it should be noted that this index is NET of fees, unlike the previous two. Having said that, the cost of tracking the passive indices is a fraction of the difference in performance.
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