Diversification, stats and unconventional monetary policy, with articles from Michael Kitces, Michael Mauboussin, Oliver Hartwich & Nouriel Roubini. Plus Bob Gay's presentation from Markets Summit 2016.

Diversification, stats and unconventional monetary policy, with articles from Michael Kitces, Michael Mauboussin, Oliver Hartwich & Nouriel Roubini. Plus Bob Gay's presentation from Markets Summit 2016.

In Fodder this week - Michael Furey, Robert Gay, Anatole Kaletsky, Oliver Hartwich, & Mugunthan Siva. Get invloved in the conversation & have your say!

In Fodder this week - Michael Furey, Robert Gay, Anatole Kaletsky, Oliver Hartwich, & Mugunthan Siva. Get invloved in the conversation & have your say!

In the last 10 years, many companies from emerging economies have closed the corporate governance gap relative to their developed market counterparts. Such companies find themselves in a sweet spot.

This week, we start with two seemingly diametrically opposed views on the impact of sequencing risk and how to manage it, from Tim Farrelly and Michael Kitces. Plus Chris Watling, Oliver Hartwitch & Moshe Milevsky.

This week, we start with two seemingly diametrically opposed views on the impact of sequencing risk and how to manage it, from Tim Farrelly and Michael Kitces. Plus Chris Watling, Oliver Hartwitch & Moshe Milevsky.

In Fodder NZ this week - Dom McCormick's view of annual investment outlooks, and the top 3 rated Markets Summit 21016 presentations, featuring Chris Watling, Hamish Douglass and Ron Temple

In Fodder this week - Dom McCormick's view of annual investment outlooks, and the top 3 rated Markets Summit 21016 presentations, featuring Chris Watling, Hamish Douglass and Ron Temple

In Fodder NZ this week - Chris Watling's key takeouts from Markets Summit 2016, plus Micahel Furey, Jonathan Pain, Anatole Kaletsky & Jacob Mitchell

In Fodder this week - Chris Watling's key takeouts from Markets Summit 2016, plus Micahel Furey, Jonathan Pain, Anatole Kaletsky & Jacob Mitchell.

Very few believe that past prices can tell you something about the future but there is a somewhat remarkable consistency to the trend of the Australian equity market returns over the last 45 years.

In a cyclical sector like commodity, deja-vu abounds for those with a long memory. As the outlook improves, equities usually rally before commodity prices, responding to improved demand forecasts.

The extreme thirst for yield has pushed the US high yield cycle into unchartered territory. In a clear case of déjà vu (replace "subprime" for "high yield"), the cycle has reached the shakeout phase.

Investors must make choices in an increasingly complex environment - and that complexity has substantial and varied effects on the decision to opt out of a portfolio choice.

The extreme thirst for yield has pushed the US high yield cycle into unchartered territory. In a clear case of déjà vu (replace "subprime" for "high yield"), the cycle has reached the shakeout phase. It's time to sell/short the beneficiaries.

In Fodder this week - Nouriel Roubini, Woody Brock, Bob Gay, Dom McCormick, Louis-Vincent Gave, and Oliver Hartwich. Plus an announcement about our strategic partnership with IMCA.

In Fodder this week - Nouriel Roubini, Woody Brock, Bob Gay, Dom McCormick, Louis-Vincent Gave, and Oliver Hartwich. Plus an announcement about our strategic partnership with IMCA.

There's a high likelihood that global equities are already in a Bear Market. If so, assessing the likely end of the Bear Market becomes critical. Most importantly is the need to forecast the end of the recession.

Three demographic megatrends support a number of structural growth themes that allow identifiable companies to benefit from strong and compounding cash returns over investible timescales.