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“If you’re going to burn a bridge, make sure you’ve crossed it first.” Whoever said that might well have been referring to the bridge...

I’m thinking about launching a smart beta ETF called the “Smart Alpha Smart Beta ETF”. It would invest only in shares that go up. At the...

As I write this Donald Trump has just been declared president and I congratulate him on playing a blinder of a hand. Let’s hope he can...

I have a proposal for the British government. It’s not complicated: sell vast quantities of 50-year debt and buy vast quantities of UK...

It is generally agreed and understood that to enjoy higher returns over the longer term one must accept higher levels of volatility in...

As I write this Donald Trump has just been declared president and I congratulate him on playing a blinder of a hand. Let’s hope he can...

Here’s an interesting question: do the low or negative long-term real interest rates that prevail around the world signify a bleak...

While it is far from clear what its long term impact will be, Britain’s vote to leave the EU has shone a light on the growth problems in...

I recently came across a paper written in 2008 by Robeco’s Pim van Vliet and David Blitz entitled Dynamic Strategic Asset Allocation:...

I was fortunate to have spent twenty or so years working in Asia. It has been – and continues to be – the highest growth region in the...

So far in this series of quarterly blog posts on the subject of investment risk, I have covered risk in general, the risks of equities...

In my last blog I made a very simple point, namely that the low or negative real interest rates that prevail currently across the...