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Peter Elston
Feb 1, 20235 min read
What Makes A Good Investor?
Grey is the new gold! There will be as many opinions about what makes a good investor as there are investors. Here's mine.
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Peter Elston
Oct 27, 20225 min read
Wealth Managers May Need A Complete Rethink
Persistent high inflation will make a mockery of balanced and risk rated funds
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Peter Elston
Sep 2, 20223 min read
Extreme Hubris
Blue Whale's Steven Yiu may come to regret his decision to call publicly for 'most active managers to quit'
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Peter Elston
Apr 30, 20224 min read
Tools of the Trade
In this post I set out a classification scheme for publicly available investment funds. It is hoped this can provide those readers who ...
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Peter Elston
Dec 1, 20214 min read
No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
In my Last Word column in May this year I wrote about investment fund blow-ups, with a focus on the debacle of Allianz’s Structured Alpha...
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Peter Elston
Apr 30, 20213 min read
When 'Bets' Go Wrong
Readers of this column will know I am an advocate for better protection of amateur investors. But what about the professionals who either...
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Peter Elston
Feb 1, 20203 min read
Education, Education, Education
It always saddens me when I hear about small investors having lost, perhaps irretrievably, a sizeable portion of their net worth, in...
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Peter Elston
Jul 31, 20193 min read
Take a Stand Against Mediocrity
The investment profession is one I have often said that I both love and loath. I love the company or country analysis; and the fact that...
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Peter Elston
Mar 1, 20194 min read
The Myths and Misunderstandings Behind Active Share
The issue of closet tracker funds charging high fees for poor performance has been a recent gripe of the Financial Conduct Authority. It...
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Peter Elston
Dec 1, 20183 min read
Lessons from Scandinavia
The fund industry is not like other industries. With most consumer products, you know what you are getting. Furthermore, if they break,...
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Peter Elston
Jul 31, 20183 min read
The Benefits of Smaller Fund Size
From Seneca Investment Managers' public marketing material. Seneca is now part of Momentum Global Investment Management. It is well...
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Peter Elston
Jul 31, 20174 min read
An Attack on Poor Active Management
From Seneca Investment Managers' public marketing material. Seneca is now part of Momentum Global Investment Management. I abhor poor...
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Peter Elston
Jul 31, 20172 min read
Interesting Anomaly with Respect to Global Fund Managers’ AUM Rankings
I mentioned at the start of this letter that we had been shortlisted for two prestigious awards. We were nominated in two of 18...
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Peter Elston
Mar 31, 20176 min read
Is a Computer Going to Steal my Job as a Fund Manager?
Question: what is significant about the dates February 1996, October 2015 and January 2017? Answer: these were the dates on which, for...
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Peter Elston
Apr 30, 20169 min read
Introduction of New Investment Process – One Year On
From Seneca Investment Managers' public marketing material. Seneca is now part of Momentum Global Investment Management. Our new...
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Peter Elston
Mar 31, 20165 min read
Multi-Asset and the Changing Nature of Asset Allocation
Financial advisers will be only too aware that the difference between a comfortable retirement and an uncomfortable one is almost too...
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Peter Elston
Mar 31, 20165 min read
The Relevance of Multi-Asset Investing
We all know that the difference between a comfortable retirement and an uncomfortable one is almost too huge to contemplate. And yet you...
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Peter Elston
Sep 1, 20153 min read
Response to FT Adviser Article
From Seneca Investment Managers' public marketing material. Seneca is now part of Momentum Global Investment Management. My attention was...
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Peter Elston
Dec 1, 20104 min read
A Bit of Maths Will Help Clarify Fund Fee Picture
How should you judge whether a fund’s fees are worth paying? This can be a very hard question to answer in an industry where the...
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Peter Elston
Aug 31, 20104 min read
Study Finds Good Predictor of Fund Performance
Is it possible to find a simple measure that identifies skilful active managers and thus funds that will produce good returns?...
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Where's My Cycle?
An update on where I think we are in the business cycle with respect to growth, inflation and markets
Correlation or causation?
Data is too often presented in an unfair, unclear and misleading way
Dear John
Liontrust's John Husselbee's arguments in support of balanced funds are lame
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