 John Dyall Head of Investment Research, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd Head of Investment Research, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd
JOHN DYALL | MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021 If you are anything like me, thinking about Bitcoin for any length of time can make your head spin. Read more JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021 At the end of 2020 there was a collective sigh of relief that 2020 was over. For good. Forever. Read more JOHN DYALL | TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020 There's something in the air tonight and for once it's not COVID-19. Read more JOHN DYALL | SATURDAY, 14 NOV 2020 Anyone who is a close reader of these columns knows what a sucker/well-informed expert I am for a fresh way of analysing fund performance. Read more JOHN DYALL | WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020 For the longest time financial advisers have used a concept called "Risk Profiling" to build portfolios for their clients. Read more JOHN DYALL | THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020 There's a joke that has one fish swimming past another fish and asking: How's the water? The other fish replies: What the hell is water? Read more JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019 When I was younger I used to enjoy a good argument, or at least what I thought passed for one. Read more JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019 No-one in their right mind would invest purely in a single asset class. Most people are invested in what is called a "balanced" portfolio that contains 60-70% of their assets in equities. Read more JOHN DYALL | THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019 One of the key ingredients to reality television is kicking out characters at the end of each episode. It's a fast-track way for the program to renew itself on a weekly basis. Read more JOHN DYALL | TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019 The SPIVA scorecard on active funds in the US is out, courtesy of S&P Dow Jones Indices. Unless you are an index manager, it's not pretty. Read more |
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