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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...
A balanced view of rebalancing
There is no single best way to invest. Everyone of us, after all, is different. And although the key principles are irrefutable — the benefits of diversification, for example, or the importance of cost — there are some grey areas. One of those areas...
#Dow20k — it’s only a number
At the time of writing, excitement is mounting that today may finally be the day the Dow Jones Index hits 20,000. Here at TEBI we can hardly wait 😉! Sorry, I don’t mean to be a killjoy. Humans instinctively find comfort in...
Who are you calling mindless, Mr Odey?
Crispin Odey is not a big fan of index funds. Odey, a City of London hedge fund manager and darling of the financial media, whose net worth at the last count was put at around £900 million, recently complained that “naturally skilled...
How to save active management
Assuming you have at least a passing interest in investing and you haven’t been living on Planet Zog, it can’t have escaped your notice that active fund management is having a tough time. Last year’s financial news was dominated, in the US at...
Most active funds are priced to fail
The whole point of hiring a consultant is to add value over and above the price you pay for them. So, for example, you pay £1,000 in the hope of reaping, say, £5,000 or £10,000 of value. Surely no one in their...
A Christmas message from TEBI
Christmas message. TRANSCRIPT: Greetings from Birmingham, home of The Evidence-Based Investor. It’s not been easy these last few years for those of us campaigning for greater transparency in asset management. There were times when we felt no one was listening. When, for example,...
