In contrast to an ETF, the Spatium Small Companies Fund seeks to hold an equally-weighted book of companies that Spatium Capital considers to be the best opportunities to outperform the Small Ordinaries index, as demonstrated by comparing to the iShares Small Ordinaries Index ETF
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Bitcoin vs gold
Bitcoin and Gold are both alternative assets with similar features. Each embodying a monetary value, they are uncorrelated to most market risk but a natural hedge to systematic risk.
Getting the facts right on Exchange Traded Funds
Over the last week conversations have continued with my clients about the recent share market drop. Several clients have asked what role Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have played? There are some commentators out there stating that the index approached used by ETFs are stifling liquidity, the underlying assets fluctuate in value (just like direct shares […]
Why does the share market just ‘lose it’?
The first week of February saw share markets around the world capitulate with the Australian market down 4.8%, US Dow Jones was down 7%, European markets were down 6.9% and Asia followed trend down 5.3%.
New listed ETFs now under research coverage
New ETFs = Even better investment outcomes Specialist ETF research house, AltaVista Research, has announced the addition of 8 newly issued ETFs to their research universe. These include 4 funds from Market Vectors funds (MVB, MVA, MVR and MVE), 3 International funds from State Street Global Advisors (WEMG, WDIV and DJRE) and Vanguard’s new Emerging […]
ETF Portfolio Modelling – The game is changing
Independent ETF research house and Model Portfolio provider, AltaVista Research, has released a new version of its Portfolio Builder that enables advisors to blend their own ETF Model Portfolios using the universe of “plain vanilla” equities and fixed interest ETFs from all issuers. What’s not actively pointed out is that whilst the number of ETFs […]