High house prices are making some of us much poorer, relatively speaking. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads…
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Good reads from around the Web. Well here we are, one month into the year of the people Taking Back Control. Isn’t it going well everyone? In the UK the people have Taken Back Control and given it to a handful of Tory MPs. This right-wing minority of a centre-right party will now unilaterally establish how [...]
Good reads from around the Web. Last weekend we saw a graph illustrating how widely the returns from key Smart Beta investing styles varied in 2016. I argued this potential for rubbish short-to-medium term returns meant factor investing was “not easy”. Coincidentally I came across some more evidence this week in an excellent study from [...]
Pursuing additional returns from factor investing will require tough nerves. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Some interesting tidbits on UK household wealth, plus the rest of the week’s good reads…
Why nearly everyone did well with their portfolios in 2016, plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Good reads from around the Web. I have relished the resurgence of board games over the past decade or so. As somebody who turned over a few Monopoly boards as a kid and eventually ran out of people who would play with me, it was a second chance to be a better sport. But more [...]
Professor David Blake from Cass Business School on the perils of active funds, plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Would you sell your final salary pension scheme? Plus the rest of the week’s good reads…
London property prices are now so high as to almost defy rational comment. Plus the week’s good reads.
Weekend reading: FCA tackles asset managers in new report, but investors are doing it for themselves
The FCA has published a critical report of the UK asset management industry, but we think investors should be doing it for themselves. Plus the week’s good reads…
It’s like an episode of the travel show, but with more Germans writing about bond coupons…
The High Court says Parliament must vote on Article 50, and the mob goes mad. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Good reads from around the Web. The US investment advisory firm Research Affiliates made headlines this week when it predicted that American savers have a 0% chance of hitting their desired 5% or greater annual returns from a standard 60/40 portfolio over the next decade. From Bloomberg: Research Affiliates’ forecasts for the stock market rely [...]
One man’s multi-billion adventure in index funds, plus the rest of the week’s good reads.