No, it’s not a good idea, which should surprise no one. The fact that it is a GREAT idea, well, that should surprise everyone. Most investors fret when markets hit new highs, but should they? The below is inspired by our friend Jake @ Econompic, who examined the following query: “What if you bought stocks […] The post Is Buying Stocks at an All-Time High a Good Idea? appeared first on Meb…
The rotation into value and out of momentum has more room to run on the back of improving macro environment, said J.P. Morgan's quant guru Marko Kolanovic.
A new Invesco study shows institutional investors in Asia are increasingly willing to experiment on factor investing in the fixed income space, despite the complexity.
Zane Swanson, an accounting professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, has been at work on a fascinating new approach to the valuation of firms and the valuation of their equity shares. This approach may be of great interest to risk arb hedge funds. Swanson is working with an establishedRead More
Functional medicine addresses lifestyle factors, such as nutrition, diet, and stress, as root causes of more complex, serious diseases. It’s becoming more popular in the United States, as an adjunct to traditional models of medical care. Will Cole, a functional medicine practitioner and author of the new book The Inflammation Spectrum, shares how he applies a lifestyle-based approach to…
Hong Kong's bourse on Tuesday scrapped its unsolicited $39 billion approach for London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) after failing to convince LSE management to back a move that could have transformed both global financial services giants.
Although returns in the industry have been strong year to date, performance this decade has been weaker than previous ones and investors wonder why.
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Stock-picker removed as investment manager, four months after fund’s suspension Neil Woodford has been removed as investment manager of his £3.5bn flagship fund, which is to be wound up and the cash returned to investors.The former star fund manager had planned to reopen the Woodford Equity Income Fund, but the administrator, Link Fund Solutions (LFS), said on Tuesday it was in the best…
Administrator closes Income Focus fund to withdrawals to prevent run on its assetsA second investment fund set up by the failed stock picker Neil Woodford has been frozen, locking up more than £250m of savers’ money.The administrator, Link Fund Solutions, said it had closed the Income Focus fund to withdrawals to prevent a run on its assets. The fund’s value has halved to £252m since June, when…
In the face of climate change, rising inequality, and other global crises, governments are losing out on hundreds of billions of dollars in tax revenue as a result of corporate tax arbitrage. Yet despite the obvious deficiencies of the global tax regime, policymakers continue to propose only piecemeal fixes.