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Calstrs Wants Latitude to Increase PE Investing
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Over US$5 trillion of Sustainable Investing funds available to …
MarketWatch
In their
new book Sustainable
Investing, Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins highlight that
Sustainable Investing funds already amount to more than US$5trillion,
and calculate that up to a quarter of public equities, as well as
corporate and government bonds, (estimated to be worth US$120 trillion
in 2006) incorporate parts of the sustainability agenda. This money,
focused on the long-term opportunities arising from environmental and
social imperatives, could help finance a resurgent and more resilient
global economy. Importantly, Sustainable Investing is not only attracting assets, but
also delivering compelling returns. New research by Cary Krosinsky shows
that Sustainable Investment funds significantly outperformed mainstream
indices between December 2002 and December 2007, returning +18.
Eleven Market Vectors ETFs To Begin Trading on NYSE Arca
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equity
and fixed income investments. The principle risks of investing in Market Vectors ETFs include
sector, market, economic, political, foreign currency, world event and
index tracking risks. Additional risks include fluctuations in net asset
value and risks associated with investing in non-diversified portfolios. The Funds may loan their securities, which may subject them to
additional credit and counterparty risk. For a more complete description
of these and other risks, please refer to each Fund’s
prospectus. “Jim Rogers,” “James
Beeland Rogers, Jr.
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3 Lessons from an Investing Master
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3 Lessons From an Investing Master
By Jim Mueller
October 31, 2008
Comment (1). In 1999, Money magazine called him “arguably the greatest stock picker of the century. ” His flagship fund, Templeton Growth, returned an average of more than 15% annually for 45 years, turning $10,000 in 1954 into $5. That’s a fantastic record, however you slice it.
Surviving the year of investing dangerously
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
“The worst returns in 16 years” still does not sound very good, but it sounds a bit better. The superannuation guarantee was introduced – coincidentally – after a recession, and was in place during the longest sustained bull market run in history. In such a context it is sometimes easy to forget that falling asset prices and painful dislocations in investment markets are part and parcel of a free-market, capitalist economy. Super funds are not somehow immune from what goes on in the broader economy, either domestic or global. Superannuation funds invest in assets that can be (and are), by their very nature volatile – and by volatile fund managers mean that returns vary, sometimes sharply, from one period to the next. Negative returns are – depending on how and where a super fund is invested – not only to be expected, but inevitable. The reason that investors in super funds have to accept some volatility in their funds’ returns is relatively straightforward, even though it takes a few steps to get there.