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Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... Ukraine's border (38,000 and counting according to Ukraine) and the IMF has just released fresh forecasts for the US economy (crystal ball now shows growth at a flat 2.0% this year - down from the 2.8% predicted only two moons before). And oh, iron ore ...

Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found little evidence that 'emulation funds', designed to cut trading costs in multi-manager portfolios, outperform the funds they track before fees and taxes. Emulation funds are designed ...

There's the good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

QE infinity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013

SMSFs missing out on overseas performance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
It doesn't get any clearer than this! It's crystal! No more communications breakdown. No more failure to communicate. Big Ben Bernanke has delivered! While it's mostly a reiteration of the repeated message I've been telling you he's been telling us ...

SMSFs urged to consider transparent alternatives to managed funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... looking for more transparency, managed discretionary accounts are another good alternative to managed funds, according to Crystal Wealth executive director John McIlroy. "Trustees can see exactly what is in their equities' basket every day in an MDA," ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... yardstick. But having said that Virginia, we still have to listen to what Big Ben has to say...and this time, he has to be crystal clear about his intentions lest the press - and the 'noveau press' as Goldman Sachs calls them - shove words into his mouth. ...