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active investing
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Is Investing Starting to Get Difficult Again? I Hope So
by Ben Inker, GMO LLC Executive Summary In the first three months of 2018, volatility rose and correlations…
May 17, 2018
Navigating Volatility: The Case for Tactical Alpha
In today's volatile markets, alternative investments are key for diversification, resilience, and returns, but they demand expertise to navigate. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners and Scott Radke, CEO and Co-CIO of New Holland Capital discuss...
Is It Time For Value Investing to Return to the Limelight?
In recent years, value investing has played second fiddle to growth investing. But now could the stage be…
May 16, 2018
Mr. Market Grasps the Esoteric
by William Smead, Smead Capital Management We are reminded of Ben Graham’s Mr. Market analogy. In his analogy,…
April 25, 2018
Bill Smead: The Good Shepherd Investor
by Smead Capital Management David was the King of Israel and the writer of many of the Psalms.…
April 17, 2018
Why Active Management Failed…and Didn’t
by Richard Brink, Walt Czaicki, and Scott Krauthamer, Alliance Bernstein Passive equity strategies have seen massive inflows over…
March 18, 2018
How to see the hidden risks of ETFs
by Sloane Ortel, Paul Kovarsky, CFA and Antonella Puca, CFA, CIPM, CFA Institute Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted more…
February 22, 2018
Bill Smead: Minority Report
by William Smead, Smead Capital Management “Investing is the only sphere of life where victory, security and success…
February 21, 2018
Som Seif: How Dominant Is Indexing Versus Active?
We recently caught up with Som Seif, CEO, Purpose Investments in Toronto to continue our conversation about…
February 8, 2018
Som Seif: Has Indexing Distorted the Valuations of Index Stocks?
We recently caught up with Som Seif, CEO, Purpose Investments in Toronto. We asked him for his…
February 7, 2018
Stephen Lingard: Where are the opportunities?
In conclusion, we asked Stephen Lingard where the opportunities are, where he is positioning portfolios for this year…
February 6, 2018
Muscle Memory: Are your portfolios ready to withstand change?
by Eric Knutzen, CIO, Multi-Asset Class, Neuberger Berman Is your portfolio in the right shape to withstand rising…
February 5, 2018
Stephen Lingard: Has Low Dispersion in Index Stocks Made Active Investing Harder?
We asked Stephen Lingard for his thoughts on the argument that low dispersion in index stocks is making…
February 5, 2018
Stephen Lingard: Get Prepared for Inflation and Volatility in 2018 (Part 1)
In this first part of our featured podcast series with Stephen Lingard, SVP and Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton…
January 29, 2018
Dan Dupont: What are the key aspects of your investment strategy?
In the second part of this exclusive interview, Dan Dupont, Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments talks about his investment…
January 9, 2018
Managing success: How do active managers handle increasing AUM?
by Leola Ross, Russell Investments In our previous blog post, we noted that active managers demonstrated the potential…
January 5, 2018