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How much passive investing is too much?
Warnings that index funds have broken the stock market all imply a threshold: a share of the market at which price discovery fails. Nobody making the argument names it. Owen Lamont, writing in the Financial Analysts Journal, argues that no such number exists short of complete passive ownership, and that what actually determines whether prices stay informative is who is left doing the trading. His case, the strongest peer-reviewed research against it, and what the performance
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The consequences of short squeezes
Short selling – betting on a stock to fall in price by borrowing shares to sell them, hoping to buy them back at a future date at a lower...
Robin Powell
Feb 28, 20249 min read
Fees and charges make a big difference to investors
Fees and charges can have a huge impact on any investor's overall returns, particularly as they compound over time. As financial...
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Feb 26, 20243 min read
Learn to embrace uncertainty
Human beings dislike uncertainty. It's an adaptive trait that has helped us to navigate complex environments, make safer choices, and...
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Feb 22, 20245 min read
Do markets reward firms for being more green?
In our book, , Sam Adams and I explained that economic theory suggests that if a large enough proportion of investors choose to favour...
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Feb 21, 20246 min read
Crypto investing is more like gambling
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been a hot topic in investing in recent years. But can crypto investing really be classed as investing...
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Feb 19, 20243 min read
The growth of hedge funds is the greatest financial anomaly
“Hedge funds are the only component of Wall Street that is built pretty much entirely upon myth. Few areas of financial endeavour have...
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Feb 14, 20245 min read
Charlotte Lockhart on her global vision for a better work-life balance
Robin writes: It’s time for the latest in our podcast series Second Lives, in which my co-author JONATHAN HOLLOW looks at the different...
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Feb 13, 202418 min read
Having strong opinions can be costly
In a world full of uncertainty, it's only human to seek clarity and strong opinions. That's why, particularly in an area like investing,...
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Feb 12, 20243 min read
Is higher inflation always bad news for stocks?
My September 11, 2023, Advisor Perspectives article reviewed the empirical research findings on the relationship between inflation,...
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Feb 7, 20245 min read
John Hussman and the cluster of woe
Hedge fund manager John Hussman is warning we could be on the verge of catastrophic stock market crash — and his predictions have been...
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Feb 6, 20245 min read
How to navigate stock market volatility
In times of stock market volatility, some investors will be tempted to try "timing the market". In the heat of the moment though, doing...
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Feb 5, 20243 min read
The Big Market Delusion: why AI could cost investors dearly
The potential for AI language models like ChatGPT is truly mind-blowing; without doubt, they will transform work, education and our daily...
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Feb 2, 20242 min read
Lessons in life and investing from Shane Parrish
“You don’t need to be smarter than others to outperform them if you can out-position them.” That’s the key message behind Clear...
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Feb 1, 20242 min read
Active or passive investors: Which is the “smart money”?
The last few decades have seen a dramatic shift of assets away from active to passive (such as, but not limited to, index funds)...
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Jan 31, 20244 min read
Louis Bachelier, the mathematician every investor should know about
If you asked educated people to name a mathematician whose work has had a major impact, they might say Isaac Newton or Alan Turing, or...
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Jan 30, 20242 min read
Very few active funds outperform in the long run
Many investors who choose active funds do so with the intention of "beating the market". In this video, TIM EDWARDS of S&P Dow Jones...
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Jan 29, 20242 min read
Reframing investment risk
Reframing investment risk is one of the most powerful mental shifts an investor can make. In this video, behavioural finance expert Joe...
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Jan 29, 20244 min read
Do big bets by active managers pay off for their investors?
We often hear about the benefits of using a high-conviction fund manager. But, as ROBIN POWELL explains in his latest article for...
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Jan 26, 20242 min read
Commission-free trading and lottery stocks
On October 1, 2019, Charles Schwab announced commission-free trading in stocks, ETFs and options trades. Other online broker rivals...
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Jan 24, 20245 min read
"Look what you could have won!"
By ROBIN POWELL Every week, without fail, the weekend papers suggest different funds to invest in, and the case for doing so always seems...
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Jan 22, 20243 min read
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