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Introducing our new portfolio review service for professionals
The vast majority of pensions funds, charities, endowments and other institutional portfolios have underperformed the market for decades. The way to stop the rot is to have an independent portfolio review, reduce fees and complexity, and increase diversification. From today, that’s precisely what TEBI is offering. As anyone who’s read The...
FANMAG fans beware: nothing lasts for ever in investing
They used to be called the FAANG stocks, and are now better known by the acronym FANMAG. But the small number of large technology companies that dominate the US stock market — Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft, Apple and Google — continue to...
A Millennial’s guide to a secure financial future
“Don’t get mad, get informed” — Iona Bain’s motto from The Young Money blog is timely to say the least. Millennials like her have had a bad time of it in recent years. The 2008 financial crisis followed by the economic catastrophe...
Does investor sentiment predict market movements?
By LARRY SWEDROE Investor sentiment refers to the general mood investors exhibit toward a particular market or asset. Sentiment can be an important determinant of investment performance because investors who exhibit relatively high sentiment tend to be overconfident and engage in...
Attackers attack, defenders defend
Robin writes: The great Harry Markowitz once told me that when he learned that James Tobin had won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ahead of him, he took his wife out for an indulgent ice cream to try to get...
Should Bitcoin be in your portfolio?
What should you make of the big rise in the price of bitcoin last year? Should you be buying some, and if so, how much?
Can ANY adviser add consistent alpha?
As we’ve explained many times, very few managers succeed in beating the market in the long term, net of fees. But what about those who select the funds for their clients to invest in, namely financial advisers and consultants? Many advisers and...
