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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...
Good news and bad news from Warren Buffett
The world’s most famous investor Warren Buffett spoke at length at the weekend. Now aged 89, Buffett was addressing an online version of the annual meeting of his firm, Berkshire Hathaway. He talked about stocks, the economy and of course the coronavirus...
How inflation affects growth versus value
By BEN CARLSON It seems bizarre to worry about inflation during the sharpest, more severe economic contraction of our lifetime. But the sheer amount of government spending and monetary policy being instituted by the Federal Reserve means it’s something that’s on...
How to become a millionaire, Part 1
Robin writes: One of the most exciting things about the stock market is that it offers those on relatively modest incomes the chance to become a millionaire. Of course, there’s no guarantee it will work. That’s the nature of equity investing....
Four investment lessons from the COVID crisis
All stock market crashes provide valuable investment lessons, and the latest one is no exception. Joe Wiggins identified no fewer than 17 takeaways from the coronavirus crisis. In this, his latest article for TEBI, LARRY SWEDROE narrows it down to four. Some...
What if the doom mongers are right?
By ABRAHAM OKUSANYA “I am an optimist,” Sir Winston Churchill once said. “It does not seem too much use being anything else.” I’m an optimist too. I have absolute confidence in our collective ability as the human race to overcome the...
Three points to note on active funds and bear markets
There’s a great deal of discussion at the moment about active funds and bear markets. As we’ve explained, active managers hardly covered themselves in glory in the market rout in March. SCM Direct analysed 627 UK-domiciled active funds, and found that in...
