International Equities: active vs multi-manager vs ‘smart-beta’ strategies
The featured chart plots the rolling 5-year excess returns and active risk (aka tracking error) outcomes of: (i) MSCI's factor [...]
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12, 2020
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12, 2020
International equities: where’s the Value ?
Further to our recent post on Sector Valuations which looked at the current & historical CAPE leveIs of MSCI equity [...]
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11, 2020
Sector Valuations: MSCI World Ex-Australia
Being primarily interested in longer term valuation metrics, the CAPE ratio applies real earnings per share (EPS) over a 10-year [...]
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10, 2020
Australian Equity Models: time to get more active
The relevance of active management The relevance of active management continues to be questioned, particularly under conditions awash with liquidity. [...]
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10, 2020
Australian Equities: Active Risk v Excess Returns
Australian Equity Models: Managing Risk & Return Outcomes The chart looks at the risk & return outcomes of factor based [...]
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04, 2020
Speaking of Alpha Generation
The charts show the average non-factor returns (commonly referred to as idiosyncratic returns or alpha) generated by our short-listed Australian [...]
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04, 2020
Taking A Look At the Latest CAPE Valuations
Each quarter we update the equity valuations of the markets we invest in. Being primarily interested in longer term valuation [...]
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03, 2020
To de-risk or to hold…that is the question
The question for many investors is whether to hold their portfolios or to de-risk by selling into the recent rally. [...]
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03, 2020
Active Strategies Set for 2020 Vision
Summary Our 2019/2020 Australian Equity Review covered 153 strategies 101 strategies were screened out due to inconsistent and/or insufficient risk-adjusted [...]
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12, 2019
2019/2020 Australian Equity Review
A year that most Active equity strategies want to forget If you thought 2018 was a bad year for active [...]
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11, 2019
An inverted yield curve, with a twist?
Further to our recent post, titled: Yield Curve Inversion: Time for Prudence, the chart below looks at the US cash [...]
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11, 2019
ACTIVE, PASSIVE or FACTOR INVESTING ?
Active, passive and factor investing each have important portfolio construction roles to play. Passive and factor-based investing enable the systematic [...]
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11, 2019
YIELD CURVE INVERSION: TIME FOR PRUDENCE ?
The yield curve is said to be negative or inverted when long term bond yields (generally 10 Year bonds) are [...]
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02, 2019
Royal Commission (RC) – Thoughts from DFS
DFS operates as an inter-generational service firm that sustains itself through trust. Indeed, our long-term relationships rely on trust, which [...]
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06, 2018
Of Super Importance
Not All Balanced Super Funds Are Equal Balanced Industry Super Funds have generally outperformed retail benchmarks by assuming more risk. [...]