Managers commit to investing only in companies with net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050Some of the world’s largest investors managing assets worth more than $9tn have committed to investing only in companies with net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 as part of the fight to contain the climate crisis.Legal and General Investment Management, the UK’s largest investor, and UBS Asset Management are among the signatories to a pledge that they will aim for all companies in their portfolios to be decarbonised by 2050 or earlier. Continue reading… [Read More...]
Emerging markets
Highest stock market returns will come from: NOT WHERE YOU LIVE. National bias and portfolio patriotism costs investors so much. Always underweight or avoid investing in your “home” country. You have enough exposure just living there. World’s top performers since 1900 were South Africa and Australia, frontiers then. Massive return opportunities were lost tying up capital in “northern” markets by geographically ignorant, domestically biased investors. Most pensions are at disastrous funding levels because they overweight “home”.Emerging markets? When India and China are the world’s largest economies AGAIN, so what? They are 90% of the time. In most recent 2000 years, USA was biggest for 1, UK for 1 and China or India for 18. Other things being equal, the most populated nations MUST have the biggest economies. As recently as 1700 China … [Read More...]
Mutual funds to invest for my child’s education – Economic Times
Mutual funds to invest for my child’s education Economic Times [Read More...]
When will you be a millionaire?
See how savings rates and investment returns affect when your nest egg hits 7 figures. [Read More...]
How to pick the right international mutual fund? – Mint
How to pick the right international mutual fund? Mint [Read More...]
Mutual funds infuse Rs 5,526 cr in equities in April – Economic Times
Mutual funds infuse Rs 5,526 cr in equities in April Economic Times [Read More...]
Secrets about mutual fund investing which experts do not tell you – Moneycontrol.com
Secrets about mutual fund investing which experts do not tell you Moneycontrol.com [Read More...]
Is a continuing care retirement community right for you or your parents?
You’re in good health. You’re retired or thinking of retiring soon. Your home is starting to feel too big for you. What if you need long-term care one day? Welcome to the CCRC. A continuing care retirement community is a housing development for those 55+ that’s more than just an adult-only neighborhood. There are about 2,000 CCRCs nationwide and they offer a variety of housing options, from single-family homes to condominiums. And that’s just the start. On-site restaurants, salons, spas, dry cleaners and other services provide a completely self-contained environment for senior living. CCRCs also offer residents an array of activities – from golf to art classes, tennis to wine tasting, hiking to poker, as well as excursions to shopping, theaters and museums. … [Read More...]
Sports bet hedge fund
Sports results don’t correlate with economic factors unlike stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies. Sports bets also offer reliable arbitrages and consistent mispricings. Diversify PROPERLY with new sources of return. Most people bet on stocks or sports emotionally and their PREDICTABLE behavior allows money to be made out of them.Invest in DIFFERENT alpha sources NOT beta asset classes. If your portfolio does not have an allocation to SPORTS ALPHA CAPTURE then the portfolio is likely not properly diversified. Efficient market hypothesizers say if I run a 100 meters enough times I’ll random walk it in 8 seconds at some point! The first sub 2 hour marathon could be by you, yes YOU! Good luck betting on such stochastic stupidity. The so-called passive mania depends on EXACTLY THAT.Skill is … [Read More...]
Green investment bond offers 9% return – but there is a risk
While the climate-themed product seems attractive, it is not for the faint-heartedGreen-minded individuals with an appetite for risk are being targeted by a new investment paying an eye-catching 9% interest a year.This five-year green bond, launched this week by the crowdfunding platform Abundance Investment, seeks to raise £4m for a private company called Iduna to finance the installation of 50 new electric vehicle charging points in Greater Manchester, provided in partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester. Continue reading… [Read More...]
Best Mutual Funds Plow Money Into These Sectors And Stocks – Investor’s Business Daily
Best Mutual Funds Plow Money Into These Sectors And Stocks Investor’s Business Daily [Read More...]
Investors dump stocks at record pace
Mom and pop investors are dumping their investments and moving to cash at levels not seen since the financial crisis of 2008. [Read More...]
Help prevent elder financial abuse by naming a trusted contact
A caregiver steals checks from an elderly client and forges her signature. An older man wires money overseas to his young fiancée so she can travel to the states to visit him. A family member withdraws money from a relative’s brokerage account. These examples of elder financial abuse – a crime – are more common than you may think. About 20% of adults 65+ will be victims of financial exploitation, says AARP. The average loss is $34,200, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That’s $36 billion a year. Our firm’s financial planners are trained to respond quickly if we believe exploitation or fraud has occurred or will be attempted against you. The key: We need you to provide us the name and contact info of your … [Read More...]
Economics Nobel prize
Nobel prize? Pricing options correctly is hard but finding dumb “prizes” is easy. The 1997 award to Myron Scholes and Robert Merton and that is with the bar set very low in a dismal field that had no TRUE Nobel. The Black-Scholes “formula” has led to many problems for investors but is still used to misprice options. The Literature Nobel prize was more suitable for Scholes and Merton. Rarely has such fantasy and fiction had such impact.Fake “Nobels” are yet more 1960s economics lunacy that must be put out of its misery. Anyone using stochastic calculus to “price” derivatives is wrong. But I am glad they exist so they can transmit their random negative alpha into my deterministic positive alpha. Win the zero sum game arbing … [Read More...]
Am I investing in the right mutual funds? – Economic Times
Am I investing in the right mutual funds? Economic Times [Read More...]
Once all powerful, Pimco is a fast fading superstar
Pimco’s famous fund once managed by star manager Bill Gross has less than $100 billion in management for the first time since 2007. [Read More...]
How to get your spending in retirement just right
Which scares you more: dying or running out of retirement money? Most say the latter, according to a recent survey. While it’s prudent to be careful with your retirement savings – so you don’t run out of money, regardless of how long you live – being too careful has its own downsides. It is impractical to deny yourself the senior lifestyle pleasures that you’re truly able to afford – such as a world cruise, a big-screen television and helping the grandkids pay for college – and constantly fretting about money, ever worried that your piggy bank might become empty. One reason so many retirees scrimp is because they fear that retirement will cost them a lot of money. But research shows that people with at least … [Read More...]
Catherine Berjal Long Accor: Sohn London Conference
We’re posting up notes from the Sohn London investment conference. Next up is Catherine Berjal of CIAM who presented a long of Accor (EPA: AC).Catherine Berjal’s Sohn London Conference PresentationLong Accor (EPA: AC)CIAM is an activist but Accor is not currently an activist position.Accor is the perfect target for Private equity. PE like the travel and Tourism sectors because of the high returns on capital. In particular, they like the hotels businesses as they are: asset-light, scalable, it’s easy to bring in new management, there are often opportunities to sell off assets.Accor is a European leader in hotel management. It’s the sixth largest hospitality conglomerate worldwide with 5000 hotels and is the market leader in Europe and the Middle East.It has above average … [Read More...]
Hedge Fund Test
Top performing hedge fund managers score 10/10 on Hedge Fund Test. What is your score?1) Risk management: If global thermonuclear war, an ultra-contagious 100% fatal virus, several Richter 11 earthquakes, a new ice age, an alien invasion, numerous category 8 hurricanes, another zombie apocalypse and a giant asteroid vaporizes this miserable little planet, you:A) I pick stocks by analyzing companies, studying income statements, balance sheets and cash flows to find value in a glorious vacuum immune from macro factorsB) I didn’t expect my “event-driven” hedge fund to be driven by eventsC) Ridiculous scenario so I haven’t stress tested for that particular set of factors and my 95% VaR and cVar I cooked up tells LPs and their clueless consultants all they need to knowD) Would be … [Read More...]
7 essential tips for picking the best mutual funds – Bankrate.com
7 essential tips for picking the best mutual funds Bankrate.com [Read More...]
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