African governments navigate Dollar shortages: Investor divide emerges
As African governments grapple with a severe shortage of dollars, a stark division emerges for investors…
As African governments grapple with a severe shortage of dollars, a stark division emerges for investors…
Money managers with over $100 trillion in assets are grappling with the end of a prolonged bull market.
The contemporary world has created a chaotic new investment landscape where choosing passive or active investing is not so easy.
The growing number of ETFs on offer in South Africa have made it possible for rand-based investors to get the best from both passive and active management.
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Many amateur investors believe they can do a better job of managing their own money than professional fund managers.
In an op-ed the Financial Times, writes that passive investing is built on a lie, the pitch: โDonโt look for a needle in a haystack. Just buy the haystack.โ
The entire concept of ‘alpha’ is facing somewhat of an existential crisis as millions of retail investors have started to shift attention to passive alternatives.
The classic investment debate usually centres on an active versus passive strategy but should the real debate on returns not be centred on fees.
For all the gnashing of teeth from active fund managers, South Africans are taking their time following the global trend towards Exchange Traded Funds.