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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...
Is the variance risk premium worth it?
By NICOLAS RABENER Summary Harvesting the variance risk premium has a sound theoretical foundation However, actual investment products have generated poor returns Furthermore, they are correlated to equities, providing few diversification benefits Introduction Investing is akin to fighting in a...
The hidden costs of online shopping
By LESLEY GRGORY Are you shopping more frequently online? Internet purchases have surged in recent months. But one trap for the unwary is international transaction fees on purchases not in your home currency. The fee is the cost of your card...
Safe yields RIP. What are your options now?
Investors have always been drawn towards safe investments offering attractive yields. But with interest rates on cash savings and yields on government bonds at or near zero, investors today don’t have that luxury. So what are your options now there are few...
Seven simple rules of investing
For all the talk of elaborate remedies, the essential advice in the coronavirus crisis has been to wash your hands regularly, avoid touching your face and practise social distancing. The essential toolkit for long-term investors is similarly minimalist. Of course, financial...
The book that helped launch a financial revolution
By BERLINDA LIU The author is Director of Global Research & Design at S&P Dow Jones Indices In 1973, Princeton professor Burton Malkiel wrote the book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, laying out a case against the mutual funds of...
We believe because we want to
You don’t need a PhD in psychology to know that people will believe they want to believe. Look at any divisive issue — Trump, Brexit, compulsory vaccination, the existence of God etc. — and people on both sides will reject information that...
