Concentrated portfolios outperform diversified counterparts: Inalytics

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Highly concentrated portfolios perform better than diversified ones, according to research by the London-based investment skills consultancy firm Inalytics. Chief Executive Officer and founder of Inalytics, Rick Di Mascio, says... Read more continue reading

It takes more than one statistic to signal a sustainable market recovery

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How do we know when a market is in recovery mode? Fil Andronaco, Senior Asset Consultant with van Eyk Research explains. Unlike a market crash, which is quite evident, recoveries... Read more continue reading

Exchange-traded Australian Government Bonds to commence trading on ASX

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The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) announces that Exchange-traded Australian Government Bonds (AGBs) will be available for trading on ASX today, 21 May 2013, giving retail investors access to buy and sell... Read more continue reading

Dividend investing proves a competitive strategy

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In the past, dividend investing has been associated with maximising income at the expense of capital performance and total return. However, the last 15 years have shown that investing in... Read more continue reading

Russell adjusts portfolios as global fixed income tipped to underperform

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Russell Investments has been actively reducing exposure to traditional interest rate instruments such as US Treasuries, German Bunds or Japanese Government Bonds, and focusing on alternative bond strategies in its... Read more continue reading

PM Capital: Don’t bank on the Big Four for ongoing returns

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Australian banks are sound businesses, but according to PM Capital they are currently fully valued and do not offer the same growth opportunities as offshore financial stocks. Paul Moore, Chief... Read more continue reading

Sliding commodity prices

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In the attached paper, AMP Capital’s Head of Dynamic Asset Allocation Nader Naeimi examines the slide in commodity prices and what this means for economic growth and equity markets.  ... Read more continue reading

GMO quarterly letter

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In this quarter’s letter, Jeremy Grantham provides the last in a series of six reports on resources in “The Race of Our Lives” and Ben Inker questions whether persistently high... Read more continue reading

Healthcare offers remedy to IMF’s gloomy diagnosis

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The International Monetary Fund’s latest downgrade to its global growth forecasts confirms the anecdotal evidence from the US, China and Europe that recovery in the developed world is likely to... Read more continue reading

Fund managers tip US to lead global recovery

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After a strong start to the year in equity markets, the US is widely tipped to be the star performer for the rest of 2013, a Fidelity Worldwide Investment (‘Fidelity’)... Read more continue reading