China Olympics Provides the Perfect Distraction
China means Central Country and it has certainly been living up to its name whether as an economic powerhouse or as host for the...
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INVESTMENT BLOG
The Latest on Equities, Bonds, Economics, Behavioural Investing, Climate Change & More
Peter Elston
- Jun 1, 2008
- 4 min
8 Pearls of Investment Wisdom
The financial world is a confusing place at the best of times. But with the current uncertainty in markets there may be a particular need...
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Peter Elston
- Aug 1, 2007
- 4 min
Why There’s No Market Turmoil on Vulcan
It is hard to think of something to say about the recent upheaval in world financial markets that hasn't already been said either this...
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Peter Elston
- Jun 1, 2007
- 5 min
Rule 1: Know Your Investment Target
Watching recent footage on television of punters gathered around computer screens at Shanghai brokerage outlets, poring over charts of...
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Peter Elston
- Apr 1, 2007
- 4 min
Any Successor to The Oracle Needs Promethean Vision
It lacks the hype that surrounds the release of a new Harry Potter novel, but as a free source of investment insight, Berkshire...
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Peter Elston
- Mar 1, 2007
- 4 min
Core Values that Translate into Huge Returns
Nobody has been able to nail down whether Albert Einstein in fact described compound interest as one of the great - or even greatest -...
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Peter Elston
- Feb 1, 2007
- 4 min
It's About the Long Term, Stupid
Bill Miller’s 15-year streak of beating the S&P 500 index is finally over. When the end came it was big. His fund, the US$ 21 billion...
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Peter Elston
- Jan 1, 2007
- 4 min
Paying the Price of Overconfidence
Poor decision-making is largely to blame for the dreadful returns realised by US mutual fund investors. That is the conclusion of the...
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Peter Elston
- Nov 1, 2006
- 5 min
Theories Can’t Count Cost of Risk
Risk. It's a word thrown around so frequently in the investment world there's risk-adjusted, systematic risk, specific risk, and we all...
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Peter Elston
- Oct 1, 2006
- 4 min
Think Before You Invest – Overconfidence is a Killer
In a November 2005 report, James Montier, the maverick global equities strategist for investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in...
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Peter Elston
- Sep 1, 2006
- 4 min
Too Many Eggs in Investment Baskets
Everyone knows that diversification reduces risk. Except, of course, when it doesn't. It took the world some time to notice...
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Peter Elston
- Aug 1, 2006
- 3 min
Mutual Funds: Watch out for Flapping Feet
Most of us know of the proverbial swan, sailing seemingly serenely across the surface of a lake, while obscured by the water its legs...
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