Lesson 3: How predictable are the markets?

The financial media loves to tell us which way the markets are heading and spot the 'hot tips' they reckon the other pundits have missed. But just how good are they at getting it right? Is it possible to forecast market falls or rises at any one point in time? Or are they inherently unpredictable?

AcuityINSIGHT: Positives for 2021If Sleeping Beauty had been woken from her slumbers on New Year’s Day 2021, she would have been pleasantly surprised by the value of her global equity portfolio for however long she had been asleep.

AcuityINSIGHT: ‘Vox populi’ and the wisdom of crowdsIn this issue we look at an event in 1906 and just how ‘the wisdom of crowds’ provides a great insight into how the modern financial markets work.

AcuityINSIGHT: What really is risk?One of the hardest concepts in investing is trying to understand what ‘risk’ really is and deciding how to deal with it.

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