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If 24 LICs ran the Melbourne Cup, which would be our favourites..?
12 Nov 2018 - Daryl Wilson, Affluence Funds Management
We are proud to present our second annual form guide for the 'LIC Cup'. This race is even bigger than the Melbourne Cup! There is approximately $35 billion of gamblers' (investors') money at stake in this sector, so the stakes are...
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12 Nov 2018 - If 24 LICs ran the Melbourne Cup, which would be our favourites..?
By: Daryl Wilson, Affluence Funds Management
Mr Market's Incurable Emotional Problems
9 Nov 2018 - Jon Horton, NWQ Capital Management
October's share market plunge confirms the view that traditional investment methodologies have their limitations and can be a very unsettling way to protect and grow your wealth, according to Jon Horton of NWQ Capital Management, who...
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9 Nov 2018 - Mr Market's Incurable Emotional Problems
By: Jon Horton, NWQ Capital Management
When the Bear Trips, How Hard Does It Fall?
8 Nov 2018 - Marcel von Pfyffer, Arminius Capital
Investors will remember that we have been nagging them about the coming correction. Now that it's here, the big question is how bad will it be.
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8 Nov 2018 - When the Bear Trips, How Hard Does It Fall?
By: Marcel von Pfyffer, Arminius Capital
Identitii - The baby in the bathwater
6 Nov 2018 - KIS Capital
Unless you've been living under a rock these past few years, you've undoubtedly been barraged by news of the 'latest and greatest' iterations of blockchain technology. Whether it be Bitcoin, Ethereum or any of the seemingly endless supply...
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6 Nov 2018 - Identitii - The baby in the bathwater
By: KIS Capital
Fund Performance - How Averages Don't Tell the Full Story
5 Nov 2018 - Australian Fund Monitors
The old saying about averages that "when your head is in the freezer and your feet are in the oven, overall your temperature is average" is particularly relevant when looking at the investment returns of managed funds, when "average" can...
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5 Nov 2018 - Fund Performance - How Averages Don't Tell the Full Story
By: Australian Fund Monitors
Track Record - The Analyst's Friend or Foe?
2 Nov 2018 - Australian Fund Monitors
Generally speaking, managed funds are required to have a minimum track record of 3 years, preferably 5, before being able to achieve a recommended rating and thus make it onto the prized Approved Product Lists or APL's of platforms and...
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2 Nov 2018 - Track Record - The Analyst's Friend or Foe?
By: Australian Fund Monitors
4 ways to cope with this correction
29 Oct 2018 - Dean Fergie, Cyan Investment Management
As of today, the All Ords will have pulled back more than 10% in less than two months. It's officially a correction now. Here are four strategies on how to cope.
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29 Oct 2018 - 4 ways to cope with this correction
By: Dean Fergie, Cyan Investment Management
M&A Spotlight: Takeda Pharmaceutical and Shire Pharmaceutical
19 Oct 2018 - Antonio Meroni, Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund
The Fund Manager of the Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund discusses the M&A deal between Takeda Pharmaceutical and Shire Pharmaceutical.
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19 Oct 2018 - M&A Spotlight: Takeda Pharmaceutical and Shire Pharmaceutical
By: Antonio Meroni, Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund
The Next Bear Market Has Just Begun
15 Oct 2018 - Marcel von Pfyffer, Arminius Capital
For the last six months we have been warning our investors that the end was nigh for the US bull market which has appreciated by a colossal +423% for the S&P500 TR index from 6 March 2009 to 21 September 2018. The recent rises in US...
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15 Oct 2018 - The Next Bear Market Has Just Begun
By: Marcel von Pfyffer, Arminius Capital
Spectrum Insights - Bank greed and latent risks
11 Oct 2018 - Damien Wood - Spectrum Asset Management
Fish apparently rot from the head down. Australia's big four banks' CEO's have helped themselves to monster pay rises over the past twenty years. To help meet their performance targets, staff were financially motivated to sell...
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11 Oct 2018 - Spectrum Insights - Bank greed and latent risks
By: Damien Wood - Spectrum Asset Management