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G'day
Markets are off to another "interesting" start in 2015 (I should
probably stop expecting otherwise). Oil prices, the Swiss
dropping their euro peg, ECB's €1.1 trillion QE, a falling A$... But, portfolios must still be designed, built
and managed.
Markets Summit 2015 (17 Feb 2015) couldn't be better timed.
Meanwhile,
our first Fodder for 2015 kicks off with Core Faculty member,
Michael Kitces, proposing a new way
of thinking about retirement income strategies. He argues against
the structure advocated by Jeremy Cooper and Wade Pfau in their recent
paper in which they classified approaches to building retirement incomes into
probability first and safety first. Michael's point is that any
retirement income strategy can be managed in a manner that is "safe"
or "risky" (and all have at least some probability of
failure). It's better to
distinguish between retirement income strategies as either "risk
transferred" or "risk retained".
Turning to solutions,
Zenith highlights
a highly rated Australian equities fund that is largely "undiscovered"
by practitioners (read their full report to understand more).
We finish off with a trio of articles on these "interesting" times.
GaveKal argues Australia's next on the block (it's bitter but
essential reading) while regular contributor Dr Bob Gay explains
why falling oil prices are more therapeutic than destructive for most
countries. John Mauldin then offers his unique view on
the reasons for the Swiss Central Bank's actions and its likely roll on
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it's every central bank for itself. Interesting times indeed!
All the best for some great
long weekend learning! - Graham
P.S.
Markets Summit 2015 (17 Feb 2015) is 95% sold out, with just 26
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Risk transfer vs risk retention
The real distinction in retirement income philosophies is
not about which are "safe" and which are not. It is whether risk is
transferred or retained (and if retained, managed).
Michael Kitces, Pinnacle Advisory Group
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Undiscovered Fund: Active Au equities fund with a growth bias
An actively managed portfolio with a growth bias, positioned towards
companies whose earnings growth potential is greater than the market's
expectations.
Zenith Investment Partners
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Australia, the next shoe to drop
Australia still looks like one of the holdout anomalies in global
markets where the adjustment from a decade of mispriced assets has yet
to fully play out.
By Will Denyer et al, GaveKal
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Deja vu deleveraging
As long as policymakers can stay on course and avoid the policy mistakes
of the late 1990s, the oil price collapse could prove more therapeutic
than destructive.
By Dr Robert Gay, Fenwick Advisers
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The Swiss release the Kraken
In an era when central bankers are supposed to be more open,
collaborative, and communicative, why did the SNB decide to turn on a
dime and shock the markets?
By John Mauldin, Mauldin Economics
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Member
comments
Academy Spring Seminar - Key takeout
There is more to the
debt asset class than meets the eye. It is important to
not see debt as the "safe" component of client portfolios - and it can
replace or compliment the equity composure of the portfolio when considering assets or strategies not as
equity or debt... but as forms of return with risk
characteristics.
Fergus Hardingham, FM Financial Solutions
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The return of currency wars
The right policies are the opposite of those pursued by the world's
major economies. No wonder global growth keeps disappointing. In a
sense, we are all Japanese now.
Nouriel Roubini, Roubini Global Economics
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A better class of bubble
Only the most die-hard peak-oil proponents, or other gold-bugs, fail to
acknowledge that the commodity bubble has burst. Is it a positive, or
negative, for markets?
Louis-Vincent Gave, GaveKal
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Trend to global investing still has much further to go
Recently, I attended the Eureka Report Around the World of Investing
Forum. The overwhelming impression was that global investing is very new
to many Australians.
Dominic McCormick, Select Asset Management
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Conference
2014 Top 10
How best to take portfolio risk
The traditional approach to portfolio construction is to own a
diversified portfolio, adjusting total risk up or down. An alternative
is to take a bucket approach.
Michael Kitces, Pinnacle Advisory Group
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Lessons from the last 40 years for the next 20
Looking back over the last 40 years, it is clear that, in the next 20
years, successful asset owners and managers are going to listen to
Einstein and stop making things too simple.
Alan Brown
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comments
The lack of comment on this article speaks
volumes...
As a stockbroker with a major national Firm, I can readily agree with
your observations [about exposure to China A shares]... Comment
The Yin & Yang
My
initial observations on your comments are
1. you're right about interest rates and divs in Australia...
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