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Investing article library
| Sunday, 01 August 2010
Following is a list of Investing articles published on PortfolioConstruction Forum throughout 2006...
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The 5th Annual PortfolioConstruction Conference featured a core, independent 13-hour plenary program over the two days, designed by the PortfolioConstruction Forum's specialist, experienced and independent team. As always, we selected our plenary speakers based solely on their portfolio expertise (not the size of their wallets! None of our plenary speakers paid to speak)... Full Story >
Index investing has served investors well but Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel thinks it can be made even better. He proposes replacing the standard market capitalisation index with a "fundamental" index. However, not everyone agrees that this "new paradigm" will work... Full Story >
Since the start of the Aussie stock market fall of recent weeks, the question being promoted in the popular media is whether or not this represents a signal to sell stocks. It's refreshing then to see yesterday's report from broker Bell Potter that analyses the latest market downturn in the context of the last 25 years and concludes that this fall is typical of those that follow US Fed Reserve interest rate hikes and that, given the surrounding signs of economic strength, now may even be a time to buy Aussie stocks! Full Story >
What does it take for a hedge fund to be of "institutional quality"? A paper published in the Journal of Portfolio Management, Frederick Dopfel, a senior strategist for Barclays Global Investors, provides some suggestions... Full Story >
Following on from the successful offerings of Nexus 1, 2 and 3 by Deutsche Bank, Nexus 4 - the first foray into a managed CDO by Nexus - has recently announced that it has suffered an event of default in its income portfolio... Full Story >
Commissions for agribusiness projects are too high and may be damaging to the long term interests of the industry, according to the Australian Agribusiness Group’s managing director Marcus Elgin... Full Story >
The yield spreads on corporate debt relative to government debt around the world have been narrowing mostly over the past two years. Several factors have driven this... Full Story >
To date, most CDOs issued in Australia have given exposure to underlying credits that are rated above investment grade. Sometimes a small component of selected names which are just below investment grade are included. This will increasingly come under pressure in the search for yield... Full Story >
