You searched for
Showing 150 results
Sheather: Unhedged portfolios make good sense
COMMENT: So why would local fund managers embrace hedging so vigorously?
Brent Sheather: Unbalanced funds
COMMENT: Two weeks ago we considered the low interest rate environment, concluded that it was here to stay, writes Brent Sheather.
Brent Sheather: Torture file
There is an old saying, popular with economists, that if you torture data sufficiently it will confess to anything, writes Brent Sheather.
Brent Sheather: Interesting times
The year has got off to a bad start for portfolio investors with the world stock market having fallen by 10.8 per cent in US$ terms, writes Brent Sheather.
Brent Sheather: Benchmark uses and abuses
Investors saving for their retirement face something of a perfect storm at the moment. We are now in an era of low returns yet
Brent Sheather: What needs to change about financial advice laws
COMMENT: What exactly does the requirement to put clients' interests first mean?
Brent Sheather: Bankers behaving badly
COMMENT: This week's story is about our old friends "the banksters".
Brent Sheather: Watching the detectives
COMMENT: Populating boards with bankers potentially sends messages to management.
Brent Sheather: Brexit risk-off?
COMMENT: Stock markets have taken a big dive on the Brexit surprise, so the question is: how long will the new risk-off direction last?
Brent Sheather: Worshipping false gods
COMMENT: The big fall in interest rates that has occurred in the last 10 years is now having some profound effects.