 John Dyall Head of Investment Research, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd (at time of writing) Head of Investment Research, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd
JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017 An interesting email crossed my desk the other day. It was from VanEck, one of the up-and-coming manufacturers of exchange-traded funds in the Australian market. Read more JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016 Traditional fixed income used to be the most boring of asset classes. Sure, there were some funny concepts to get your head around - like the fact that capital values went down when interest rates went up - but by and large it was pretty easy to see ... Read more JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016 When people buy equities they are buying more than part ownership of a company. They are buying multiple sources of return: Dividends, retained earnings and changes in the valuation of the company. Understanding these returns, and how they interact ... Read more |
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