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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...
How to stop noise undermining your decisions
A woman, suffering from unexplained weight gain consulted her GP, who referred her to three different specialists. One concluded she was celiac, a second judged she was pre-diabetic and a third said none of the tests was conclusive. Welcome to the...
Is there a replication crisis?
By LARRY SWEDROE In recent years the field of empirical finance has faced challenges from papers arguing that there is a replication crisis because the majority of studies cannot be replicated and/or their findings are the result of multiple testing of...
Cathie Wood and the risk of disruptive technologies
By LARRY SWEDROE As the chief research officer of Buckingham Wealth Partners, I’ve been getting lots of questions about investing in disruptive technologies, and specifically in the funds of ARK Investment Management, run by founder Catherine Duddy Wood — who...
ESG: manufacturers, not energy companies, are the main culprits
By JOACHIM KLEMENT When it comes to ESG risks, investors are increasingly aware that they may cause significant costs to a company and its shareholders. This is the reason why I am such a fan of ESG momentum strategies, i.e. investing...
The case for tracking the venerable Dow Jones
Most indexers choose the S&P 500 when seeking exposure to US equities. But is it possible to track the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the oldest and (at least outside the US) most famous American index? And if you could, is there a...
The all-important pension question
By JASON BUTLER I know it’s a real challenge for many people today to earn a decent income, find affordable housing, build up savings and accumulate financial wealth. But just because it’s a challenge doesn’t mean it’s impossible. The single most...
