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Our Two Cents: Stock Picking or Factor Exposure?

The thought of outperforming the market is every investor’s dream, but with so many managers attempting...... Read More

Our Two Cents: The Value of Local Bonds

The value of local bonds are often overlooked in multi asset portfolios particularly when considering offshore assets. This article demonstrates this value relative to offshore... Read More

Our Two Cents: Interest Rates and Inflation Components

Interest rates have been rising for the past two years to combat high inflation rate. To understand where interest rates are likely to go from... Read More

Our Two Cents: Diversification in Model Portfolios

Model portfolios often make use of multiple funds from the same risk category in the same portfolio based on the idea of diversifying manager risk.... Read More

Our Two Cents: Equity Markets and Exchange Rates

This article explores how local equity investments can offer protection against major currency depreciation even during times of economic stress.... Read More

Our Two Cents: Are US Equities Really Expensive?

US equities have had a great 2023 so far, but are these returns out of line with historic trends? In this article we explore the... Read More

Our Two Cents: The Subtleties of Investment Risk Measures

There are many subtleties to measuring and understanding investment risk holistically. This article explores this concept and highlights some useful measures.... Read More

Our Two Cents: Grouping Bets

In this article we explore the Pareto Principle in the context of investing and the effects it may have on the return outcome a portfolio... Read More

Our Two Cents: Growth and Valuation

In this article we compare the idea of value investing to long term earnings growth and find that PE values should not be the only... Read More

Our Two Cents: Inflation, Emotions and Stocks

Inflation has been weighing on everyone’s minds recently. This coupled with the higher volatility of assets may lead some investors to move to cash. This... Read More