Acuity 29: Smoke, mirrors and the true cost of investing

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In this day and age, price comparisons are quite easy to make, particularly when it comes to buying tangible goods, as the internet provides great transparency. When it comes to investing, gaining meaningful insight into the real costs incurred is extremely hard and approximate.

In this volume of Acuity, we’ve had a go using the latest insights available. The result: a passive investment approach is extremely competitive!

AcuityINSIGHT: The majority of fund managers do not win at investingIncreasingly, investors are becoming aware that investing costs really matter. Perhaps fewer know that the majority of active fund managers who promise to beat the market fail to deliver on that promise.

AcuityINSIGHT: All together now: ‘Costs really matter’Despite years of pressure from the likes of Vanguard, a large gap still exists between the relative costs of index funds and those of judgemental (active) managers. Using primary data, we examine those differences for all open-end UCITS funds/ETFs available to UK investors. Over time, costs make a b

AcuityINSIGHT: The unhelpful noise of short-term performanceThis issue of Insight takes a look at the temptations and challenges of short-term performance noise and looks at two high media profile performance-driven examples. Picking winners is extremely challenging.

Acuity 29: Smoke, mirrors and the true cost of investing

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