It Didn’t Pay to Sell in May

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The old stock market adage “sell in May and go away” proved to be a losing strategy in 2013, with the Australian share market producing a total return of 7.31%

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van Eyk completes rebranding of New Zealand investment businesses

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Research and investment group van Eyk Research has completed the rebranding of Perpetual Asset Management and Perpetual Portfolio Management following its purchase of the two New Zealand businesses earlier this

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Where have all the treasuries gone?

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Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls have picked them everyone.

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Pride & prejudice

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The best analysts like to talk about their work, but always question their assumptions, says Nimalan Govender, senior investment analyst, van Eyk Research. Why does van Eyk place so much

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van Eyk: X-Rays reveal the cracks in model portfolios

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van Eyk’s new initiative for financial advisers, Portfolio X-Rays, is revealing that many model portfolios are not set up to meet their performance objectives and are vulnerable to shocks and

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van Eyk:Beware New Year crystal ball gazing

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Financial advisers and investors should think carefully before acting on the latest round of New Year predictions for economies and markets, van Eyk Head of Strategic Research Jonathan Ramsay cautions. 

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van Eyk: Stakes high for conservative investors

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Survive and Win in the Inflationary Eighties by Howard J. Ruff was a truly disastrous book for anyone that followed its advice.   At the time it would have been popular

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