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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...
Robin’s Reads, Week 03, 2020
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Robin’s Reads. Please forgive me for starting, just for once, with some blatant self-promotion. This week we released the first part in a new, five-part video series called Conquer Your Fear of the Stock...
Leveraged ETFs? No thanks
By LARRY SWEDROE The use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has exploded recently, in many ways to the benefit of investors. They benefit from the structure of ETFs because they can operate more tax efficiently than mutual funds. They also generally have...
From little things, big things grow
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY Two children decided to compete to see who could grow the most luxurious garden. Both Peter and Paula prepared the ground, laid down the seeds and watered the soil. Three years later, Peter’s garden had barely...
Does sustainable investing lead to lower returns?
There’s been a big increase in interest in sustainable investing in recent years. But what exactly do we mean by sustainable investing? And, if we invest with our conscience, can we expect to receive lower returns? Robin Powell explores these issues in...
What is the value that fund managers are selling?
By PATRICK CAIRNS Suppose that you needed to rent a car for the weekend, but you could not find a rental company able to guarantee the kind of vehicle you were going to get. You could be given anything from a...
Why I like cash
By JASON BUTLER I was recently approached by a chap at my gym who listens to me regularly on the FT MoneyShow podcast. He wanted to know what I thought would happen to the stock market over the next six months...
