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Are changes in investor preferences hurting returns?
Personal Finance
Are changes in investor preferences hurting returns?
Innovation in the financial services industry is providing us with more choice...but at what cost?
Mark LaMonica, CFA | 12 November 2024
Only 2.4% of companies deliver all net shareholder wealth
Stocks
Only 2.4% of companies deliver all net shareholder wealth
Over decades, relatively few companies generate all the stockmarket's outperformance. Is this an argument for passive investing or does it prove...
Graham Hand | 02 October 2024
Legendary investor: markets are less efficient and social media is the big culprit
Stocks
Legendary investor: markets are less efficient and social media is the big culprit
Despite an explosion in data, investment titan, Cliff Asness, believes the market has become less efficient, not more, over his 34-year career. He...
James Gruber | 24 September 2024
A highly rated global active ETF
ETFs
A highly rated global active ETF
This is one of our favourites from the wave of actively managed ETFs that have been introduced in Australia.
Shamir Popat | 29 August 2024
Active funds fell short of passive peers in latest research by Morningstar
Personal Finance
Active funds fell short of passive peers in latest research by Morningstar
Long-term trends and low costs can help investors decide between active and passive funds.
Morningstar | 28 August 2024
Are markets broken?
Markets
Are markets broken?
Famed investor David Einhorn says passive investing has broken markets and it's forced him to change his investment style to stay in business. How...
James Gruber | 26 February 2024
Blending active and passive into a winning portfolio
Markets
Blending active and passive into a winning portfolio
When looking at long-term equity index charts, it’s easy to forget the individual stocks underpinning the indices don’t move as a unified...
Duncan Burns | 12 December 2023
Active vs. passive in listed real estate
Funds
Active vs. passive in listed real estate
Deciding whether to use an active or passive vehicle for the different allocations within an investment portfolio is an important decision that...
Steven Le | 12 November 2023
What is direct indexing?
Personal Finance
What is direct indexing?
We take a look at the pros and cons of this investing strategy.
Karen Wallace | 08 June 2023
Track if your fund manager is taking the best shot
Funds
Track if your fund manager is taking the best shot
Active managers should be having a crack. Nobody should pay high fees for a low tracking error fund.
Graham Hand | 07 April 2022