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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...
What would Brexit mean for UK investors?
Now we know. The referendum on whether Britain should stay in or leave the European Union will be held on 23rd June. So, what would leaving the EU mean for UK investors? Brexit. I should clarify. I’m not referring to what might...
#SFTW: Researching and monitoring active funds is very hard work
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND Hard work. I’m not a fan of actively managed funds. I would never say never use them, but the evidence is overwhelming and categorical that, almost invariably, your net returns will be bigger if you don’t. The average active...
If you’re determined to use active funds, at least do this
I’m not a fan of actively managed funds. I would never say never use them, but the evidence is overwhelming and categorical that, almost invariably, your net returns will be bigger if you don’t. The average active funds investor must expect to...
Which of these three funds would you choose?
Imagine three funds. Over the last three years, Fund A has produced stellar returns, Fund B’s performance has been mediocre and Fund C has underperformed. Which fund are investors most likely to want to invest in? D’oh! Fund A. It’s a no-brainer....
No one said it was going to be easy
Ken Fisher doesn’t mince his words. Personally, I’ve not been able to take him seriously since his extraordinary diatribe in the FT in October 2014 in which he described proponents of evidence-based investing as “deliverers of drivel.. communists at heart, (who) disbelieve in...
#SFTW: The evidence-based investing revolution has barely begun
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND Evidence-Based You’d expect me to say this, I know, but evidence-based investing has a BIG future. Why? Well, apart from the fact that it’s far superior to the alternative, it has until now, everywhere outside the United States, remained...
