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New Funds on Fundmonitors.com
Here are some of the latest additions to our database. Follow the links to view each fund's profile, where you'll have access to their offer documents, monthly reports, historical returns, performance analytics, rankings, research,...
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Interview with Chris Watling from Longview Economics
As readers would know, AFM place considerable store on the data we receive from Longview Economics in London. Last week we had a chance to catch up with Chris Watling, Longview's Founder and CEO, who we have previously described as the...
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Interview with Monik Kotecha from Insync Fund Managers
We sat down with Monik Kotecha, Chief Investment Officer at Insync Fund Managers, to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on markets and the economy so far, what he expects the recovery to look like, whether that recovery may have...
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Cashing in on a crisis: Understanding, Overcoming and Profiting from 2020 and...
While fully aware that very few commentators offering their opinion on the health and financial implications of COVID-19 are actually epidemiologists, GP's and/or economists, it seems that people are nonetheless compelled to offer their...
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China is Recovering
Economic patient zero is recovering, but no-one is immune to a relapse.
China is recovering, not only from COVID-19, but also from the GDP collapse caused by its lockdown. We know this because the central government has begun to...
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Where to Invest in a Post-Lockdown World
Now that governments are talking about re-opening the economy, investors can start thinking about the businesses that might provide the best returns as we emerge from economic hibernation. Here, I give a quick appraisal of the investment...
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The 'Beginning of the End', or the 'End of the Beginning'?
After a strong rebound in risk assets and some signs of a relaxation of the lock downs, we are now entering 'phase 2'. The actual damage done will become clear and fears about a viral resurgence are likely. Consequently, we expect a...
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A simple investing framework
With the number of headlines hitting the newswires on what feels like a minute-by-minute basis, it's easy to get lost in chasing data points. Instead, I believe that having a well-defined and broadly applicable framework to assess the...
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Oklahoma - Where Oil Futures Go to Die
The day oil died was Monday the 20th of April 2020 - for the first time in history the price of a novated futures contract CL00 for Crude Oil WTI went negative ("CLK20" ticker on the CME for May 2020). It got buried -$37.63 below ground,...
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Beware when the market and the economy are out of sync
Following its one-month 36 per cent decline from peak (20 February 2020) to its low (23 March 2020), the ASX200 has bounced 20 per cent. That's a return most investors would be happy with over a year. The question is whether such optimism...
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