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Is Your First Horizon Advisors Portfolio Underperforming?
First Horizon Advisors is a large brokerage where the mix of self-directed holdings, managed products, and idle cash drives how closely the account tracks an index.
Pure Benchmarks ranks real First Horizon Advisors portfolios against thousands of other verified investor portfolios across nine standardized risk categories, from 100% equity to 90% fixed income. Every portfolio is recategorized daily from actual end-of-day holdings, and Community Nests shows exactly where your First Horizon Advisors portfolio ranks against other real First Horizon Advisors clients in the same risk category — built entirely from verified portfolio data, with no firm that manages money able to see any data point on the platform.
Why your First Horizon Advisors portfolio can lag a pure index baseline
The default-settings drag. Large brokerages often route uninvested cash into a default sweep that earns close to nothing, while in-house managed solutions carry their own expense ratios. Left on default settings, the gap against a pure index baseline widens quietly over time.
What to review on a First Horizon Advisors portfolio
- Check the yield on any uninvested cash in the default sweep against market money-market rates.
- Look at whether managed solutions or in-house funds add costs beyond a plain index baseline.
Illustrative 10-year comparison — a standard managed portfolio versus a pure index baseline. Figures are illustrative only.
| Year | Standard managed portfolio | Pure index baseline | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $105,200 | $107,000 | -$1,800 |
| Year 3 | $116,400 | $122,500 | -$6,100 |
| Year 5 | $128,700 | $140,300 | -$11,600 |
| Year 7 | $142,300 | $160,600 | -$18,300 |
| Year 10 | $165,100 | $196,700 | -$31,600 |
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This page is an information baseline for comparison only. It is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy, sell, replace, or transfer any specific asset, account, or firm. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All figures shown are illustrative.