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Global investing

30 July 2014 | General

Globalization continues to work its way through our lives – it has changed the way we shop, eat, communicate, travel and generally live. As economies and societies integrate, the world is shrinking and this in turn is throwing up more opportunities for businesses and investors alike. By its very nature, globalization has made investing-only-in-home markets less relevant. There is growing evidence that investing beyond home frontiers can help add significant value to one’s portfolio by spreading risk and enhancing returns.

Fear of rising global interest rates could prompt equities shake-out

29 July 2014 | Equities

Unusually low levels of volatility in asset prices over the last few months are not expected to continue and investors should brace themselves for more volatility, especially if US economic data continue to improve and investors reassess interest rate expectations.

Is value investing in trouble?

28 July 2014 | General

Value investing has not worked well over the last five years. This is a long period of underperformance and raises the question of whether value investing is the right investment approach in the current market.

10 years of investment performance with distinction

28 July 2014 | General

The classic spaghetti western, The good, the bad and the ugly, set the scene for the recent Nedbank Private Wealth investment roadshow. The phrase has come to refer to upsides, downsides and the parts that could or should have been done better. “We thought this was an interesting framework for reflecting on the past 10 years of investing,” said Mike Wilmot, Head of Investments at Nedbank Private Wealth.

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