Last week brought some welcome respite for Ranger shareholders, with the share price fairly decisively moving above 750p a share. This coincided with an update on the fund’s underlying investments and a London visit by the fund managers. Having waded… Continue reading →
Over the last few days, I’ve been looking at ideas about portfolio construction and the obvious risks of investing in stock markets. Today I want to finish off by drawing on the research I’ve cited, plus the work of academics… Continue reading →
I’m finishing my tour around risk, diversification and portfolio construction with my last home truth today. The last idea is perhaps the most counter-intuitive – it suggests that there is, in fact, no relationship between top-line GDP growth of regions… Continue reading →
Over the next few days, I’m trying to get to grips with the concept of risk, diversification and building a better portfolio which might withstand the inevitable outburst of market volatility in the next year or so. Yesterday I discussed… Continue reading →
Over the next few days, I want to examine what I think is the single biggest challenge facing investors today – how to build a diversified portfolio when every asset seems to be going up in value, in a correlated… Continue reading →
First my short, sharp observation on Carillion. I can’t say I’m surprised. As I have already said, I think the wheels are coming off the out-sourcing boom. Government’s are becoming more prescriptive about outcomes, and the cost base is rising… Continue reading →
Bond investors are increasingly on alert for inflationary pressures. The strength of the global economy has fed into an existing narrative focused on surging commodity prices and its impact on key inflation measures – in December, for instance, Oil prices… Continue reading →
One of the most interesting developments within global investing over the last few decades has been the inexorable rise of emerging markets. This growth orientated asset class has come from virtually nowhere in the 1980s to become a major focus… Continue reading →
Smart beta makes a great deal of sense for mainstream investors, with many variants of factor investing producing outperformance over the long run. But it’s not a risk-free trade. As a form of quantitative investing, its vulnerable to a number… Continue reading →
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