Lesson 7: Can a star fund manager make a difference?

Can a handful of fund managers really know more than everyone else, and beat the market? And if they can, at what price to your portfolio returns when their fees are factored in?

Research shows that there is just a 3% probability of beating the market in the long term. Yet fund managers continue to charge a premium for a very patchy performance.

AcuityINSIGHT: Leverage: not without riskLeverage, often referred to in investing as a ‘double-edged sword’, is another word for borrowing money to own more of an asset. In this issue we take a brief look at why our default approach is to invest in unlevered long-only strategies.

AcuityINSIGHT: The dilemma of trying to do the right thingIn this issue of Insight we take a look at the difficulties in what on the surface may seem like positive personal lifestyle changes, and see that complex problems rarely have simple, binary choices.

AcuityINSIGHT: Lessons from the last yearAs an investor one is always learning. In the past twelve months, we have been reminded of some useful lessons that can – hopefully – make us all better investors. In this issue we take a look at several key lessons which stand out for us.

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