Our values, our knowledge and ability to interpret information, our judgement and our wisdom are what builds our character as individuals. Does our character manifest itself in our investing decisions? To help you answer this question, we've curated a new Resources Kit - 10 papers, presentations and opinion pieces - around the topic of values and investing. You can take an academically proven values assessment of your own values - something we should all understand given the influence on portfolio construction philosophy. Separately, Dom McCormick argues that from having expected too little from Trump pre-election, a frothy stockmarket is now expecting far too much. Harvard Professor Carmen Reinhart explains why investors are already voting with their feet in advance of the upcoming popular referendum in Italy. And Stephen Hayes outlines what investors should do in the face of overinflated real asset valuations.
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Philosophy
Values and investing
Does our character manifest itself in our investing decisions? This Resources Kit - presenting 10 key research papers, presentations and opinion pieces - focuses on what determines values, how values impact ethics and behaviour, and the relationship to trust.
Curated by PortfolioConstruction Forum | 0.50 CE | Resources

Markets/Strategies
Trump rally - genuine growth or groupthink gamble?
I wonder whether the post-Trump market rally and associated bullish economic and market narrative will come to be seen as one of the more prominent historical examples of poorly timed and lazy market groupthink.
Dominic McCormick, Select Investment Partners | 1 comment | Opinion

Markets
Fleeing Italy
Following the Brexit and Trump victories, focus has shifted to the upcoming referendum in Italy. There is a disquieting real-time poll of investor sentiment.
Professor Carmen Reinhart, Harvard University | Opinion

Markets/Investing
Over inflated long duration assets will lose you money
Real assets including real estate have overinflated valuations. Investors need to understand the frame work necessary to manage the trade-off between shorter term returns and longer term risks.
Stephen Hayes, Colonial First State Global Asset Management | 0.50 CE | Resources

Your article is a must read
Great stuff Dom ... finally a common sense perspective...
Michael Furey, Delta Research & Advisory | Comment

Systems thinking
Which of the two reality show contestants, do you think, is the better systems, whole-picture thinker, and which is the one-moral-cause-at-a time thinker?
Ralph Pain, University of Wollongong | Comment

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Markets/Strategies
The new political and economic reality show
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Jonathan Pain, The Pain Report | 1 comment | Opinion

Markets
Give Trump a chance
According to most commentators, Trump's election signifies the end of the West, the international post-War framework, or the United States. I beg to differ.
Oliver Hartwich, The New Zealand Initiative | Opinion

Markets/Strategies
US election - the investment implications
Investors should make no mistake. The key pillars of Trump's campaign are de-globalisation, higher fiscal spending, and protecting entitlements at current levels. What are the investment implications?
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Markets
Which way for US-China relations?
Trump must now choose between cooperation and confrontation as the framework for US policy toward China. His choice should be obvious.
Minghao Zhao, Charhar Institute | Opinion

Markets/Strategies
Why Trump could be good for markets
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Christopher Joye, Smarter Money Investments | Opinion

Markets
Five ways Trump could move markets
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Matt Miller, Capital Group | Opinion

The folly of planned economies
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