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Is Australia's retirement system as super as it seems?
Credit where it's due Second thoughts Powerful vested interests Dying rich Concession for young workers? Room for improvement Are YOLO...
Should endowments persist with private investments?
Warren Buffett, 2019 Annual shareholders meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Since its inception in the 1970s, the private equity (PE) industry...
Are YOLO traders undermining efficient markets?
Arguably the most significant investment trend during the pandemic has been the rise of amateur trading, particularly among young people....
Don’t let the stock market distract you
The stock market seems a bit manic at the moment, so what should investors do?
Market efficiency and the case of Pete Rose
By LARRY SWEDROE . — Mark Rubinstein, “Rational Markets: Yes or No? The Affirmative Case,” Financial Analysts Journal (May-June 2001) In...
What's the long-run rate of return on equities?
By HAYDN MARTIN What is happening here? Compounding. Dividends. Timeline. Data sources. Compound total return HAYDN MARTIN is a data...
The other Bond movie
The bond markets have seen rapidly steepening yield curves in recent weeks. Why has it been happening? And where will it all end? The...
Can machines identify winning fund managers in advance?
By its own admission, Morningstar's system of star ratings is of limited use in predicting future fund performance. Can machines do any...
Link's role in Woodford fiasco laid bare in new book
A new book on the collapse of Woodford Investment Management has detailed the pivotal role played by Link Fund Solutions. Financial Times...
DIY trading boom storing up problems for the future
There's been a huge increase in DIY trading during the coronavirus pandemic — particularly among young people. Sparrows Capital's MARK...
It's time for some humility from Hargreaves Lansdown
By ROBIN POWELL As a journalist, you have to smile when people in authority blame the media when things to wrong. What they tend to...
The Covid crash one year on: how was it for you?
It's 12 months since the sharp falls in global stock markets resulting from the spread of Covid-19. The falls began in the last week of...
Get a better deal on your home loan
Price match Make extra payments Play around with an “extra repayments” calculator like this one . Check out current rates on home loans...
Can active managers time factor exposures?
By LARRY SWEDROE One of the advantages active managers tout is that they have the opportunity to adjust factor exposures, taking...
Three reasons for active managers to feel positive
By CRAIG LAZZARA For at least five years , we’ve noticed that, despite historical performance, active managers regularly proclaim...
The odds of outperforming through active management
By LARY SWEDROE — Girolamo Cardano, 16th century physician and mathematician My good friend Bill Schultheis, author of The Coffeehouse...
Which is best for corporate bonds — active or passive?
Robin writes: Here at TEBI, we're not huge fans of corporate bonds. The reason is we like to keep things simple. Equities should make up...
Do financial marketplaces provide enough protection?
There's been a huge growth in recent years in online marketplaces. An online marketplace is a type of e-commerce website where product...
Who should carry the can for the Woodford blow-up?
To quote the author of an excellent new book on the Neil Woodford scandal, “the cast of players in (his) spectacular rise and crashing...
The implications for investors of shrinking markets
Smaller companies are staying private for longer, with a sizeable decline in IPOs over the last two decades. So what are the implications...
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