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Investor's Week - 20/12/2001Online Awards 2001Tools of any kind supposedly make life easier and investors now find many of their investment tools online. This award went to the site that provided a broad range of easy-to-use tools representing the best value for money and made it easier for the investor to carry out research, particularly technical and fund analysis........ ....... The competition in this category was strong...........Investors RouteMap provides a Route Planner option, to help you navigate the site and learn about investment philosophies and strategies before subscribing. Back to Top |
Investor's Week - 18/10/2001Online Awards 2001The shortlist has been finalised for the second annual Investor's Week Online Finance Awards and the winners will be announced at a gala dinner next month, hosted by the comedian and film critic Jonathan Ross.The shortlist was compiled after the judging panel sifted through the hundreds of entries received and checking the sites themselves. The final judging will be completed over the next six weeks by a panel which includes Investor's Week journalists and writers from other specialist publications within Incisive Media, the company which owns Investor's Week. The winners in each category will be announced on November 28 and published in Investor's Week and on its website on Thursday 6 December. The following week there will be a full editorial supplement with explanations of the judges' decisions......... ............Shortlist for Best Investment Site Tools: - www.Riskgrades.com Back to Top |
Financial Times - 8/6/2001A shot of competitionWhat would improve your online trading returns? Clearly the above cost-savings. But that still leaves one big source of poor trading performance: picking the wrong stock. Aimed at professional traders willing to pay £295 monthly, www.thatresearch.com offers buy and sell signals based on a sophisticated mathematical system. Its system’s FTSE 100 performance for April made 15.12 per cent on 15 trades. www.investors-routemap.co.uk also tests strategies that are likely to outperform. It compares a variety of investment disciplines including momentum-based and value-based approaches. Add to this MyBroker's Enigma, and you have an increasing number of sites that are not only providing buy and sell signals but evaluating how accurate they have been. Contact Alpesh Patel Back to TopInternational Investment - June 2001Identifying sectors that have low correlation with market averages and with one another is the key to selecting the best performers, according to Nick Dewhirst, chief executive of Investors RouteMap. He added; " Volatile markets provide the opportunity to maximise returns from an active switching policy. Market timing is now in demand but in short supply." Dewhirst uses a mathematical model that enables investors to choose sectors based on moving averages and rate changes and economic variables that explain performance. Sectors currently included in his model are real estate, financial, health care, growth, value, small cap, technology, resources and gold. Dewhirst added: " These sectors are stable over time, they are different from each other, and a lot of funds specialise in these areas. However if performance falls or if a variety of different funds are launched we will look at other sectors." Sectors chosen are designed to maximise returns by exploiting systematic divergences in performance characteristics, rather than risk minimisation. Dewhirst explained: "In the classic investment cycle different types of shares rotate in and out of fashion," as seen in the chart. Economic variables are used to explain the fundamental performance of each sector. The charts provide a 'best guess' of future trends. Key factors are forecasted from a top-down perspective so as to avoid the widespread tendency for over-optimism, generated by aggregating bottom-up estimates. For example, in times of high inflation, gold, real estate and resources equities do well. However, Dewhirst points out reality can be more complex. In some regions economic cycles are typically export led. In such cases capital goods sectors, such as technology, will typically lead the market, rather than lagging as in the classic cycle. Also devaluations can often suddenly upset cycles, so there is a sharp transition from sectors that are interest rate sensitive to those that are economically sensitive. This has frequently been the case in the UK," he said. The 'best guesses' suggest what would happen to future share price performance based on the PIT econometric model, tested over 15-25 years of historic data, which utilises consensus estimates for GDP, interest rates, wages and prices. Dewhirst has also added a sector rotation link to his website www.investors-routemap.co.uk. The link allows investors to objectively assess the outlook for a wide range of stock markets sectors both globally and by region. Back to TopInvestmemt Adviser - 28/5/2001 Strategies for market beating INVESTORS can now view a wider range of stock market sectors, globally and regionally, at investors-routemap.co.uk. The online investment system provides research on investment strategies to beat the markets. Nick Dewhirst, chief executive of Investors-routemap.co.uk, said: " We provide answers to what the best investment game is to play. History shows that there is no right strategy to beat markets consistently so we research across the board." "Our service segments global markets by asset class, geography and now also by equity size, investing style or sector." The service is based on an integrated model of global markets, which selects funds, managers or strategies that are likely to outperform. Subscribers, at a cost of £225 a year a user, can view charts and tables of a monthly computer-generated set of best guesses on 50 markets and regions comparing key relationships. The choice of sectors is designed to maximise returns by exploiting systematic divergences in performance characteristics. The most significant sectors include real estate, finance, technology, health care, resources and gold. Visit www.investors-routemap.co.uk Investment Adviser - 6/11/2000RouteMap lends a hand to small IFAsInvestors Routemap, an internet investment service, is offering IFAs analysis on investment styles and sectors for an annual fee. Investors Routemap said the service was designed to help IFAs cut through a "sea of data" and offer clients objective opinions on the prospects for fund's investment strategies. Nick Dewhirst, the founder of Investors RouteMap, which is authorised by the SFA, was previously a stockbroker. He said his analysis of raw data was designed "to help IFAs select the fund rather than the manager. He can earn an ongoing fee from advising on that." The style and sector analysis is the latest addition, which currently includes research on bonds, currencies and stock markets in 50 countries. It coincides with the launch last month of new funds from fund management firms that propelled style investing in pure growth or value stocks back into the limelight. Mr. Dewhirst said his target audience was financial intermediaries who lacked the economies of scale to carry out extensive investment strategy analysis in-house. He said: "If you are a large investor, you have all the electronic data you could possibly want. But the small IFA does not have the time to look for it. The IFA is lacking a service to decide which investment games he should be playing." Mr. Dewhirst said, following the FSA's decision to exclude past performance [from its league tables], IFAs were confused about how to advise. "They feel they have to put everybody into managed funds even if they have better ideas. The idea is to give them an objective third-party source of information." The service is subscription-only. It costs £300 for the equity-only research and an extra £150 for the style module. Rates can be negotiated for a group of IFAs. Back to TopInternational Investment - September 2000Staying on top of emerging market riskAfter several years in the doldrums, fund managers are once again turning a serious eye to emerging markets. But at what price? In an analysis of emerging market debt in this issue, page 14, some funds have managed to post strong annualised mean returns but the price is high annualised standard deviation levels. One of the main problems for emerging market funds is the shortage of reliable information needed to assess emerging market risk, a factor that has resulted in many managers bombing out…… …….This focus on quality of information is also behind the development of another internet initiative, Professional Investment Tools (www.investors-routemap.co.uk), set up by Nick Dewhirst, ex Kleinwort's. Dewhirst uses a proprietary method of quantifying volatility in markets - both developed and emerging - to assess whether a market is cheap or expensive. Dewhirst subscribes to the view that risk is not about whether a market is good or bad, but rather a question of valuation. Dewhirst excludes any country where inflation levels are above 20% which is his benchmark for when serious sums of money are likely to flow into the market. On this basis Russia, China and Turkey are currently excluded from rankings. He uses four valuations to assess a market's value. Using quantitative methods comparing 20 year's of data focusing on p/e ratios, bond yields, interest rates, market capitalisation and GDP, Dewhirst then calculates the average of all four valuations and ranks markets accordingly. On this criteria, the top five cheapest markets are Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Japan and Malaysia while the most expensive (emerging markets) are Portugal, Chile and India. What is more interesting for investors is that while the price of investing in emerging markets may always entail higher risks, recent developments go some way to ensuring it need not be so risky in future. Back to Top |
PM Pensions Management - September 2000New investment website launchedA former City stockbroker has set up a website to help pension funds and their advisers carry out investment research on foreign bond, currency and stock markets, based on his experience working on overseas markets. The website, at www.investors-routemap.co.uk has been set up by Nick Dewhirst, who previously worked at a number of investment houses, including Kleinwort Benson and Dresdner Bank. He describes his internet venture as an "aggressive one-man dot-com". Dewhirst says "Asset allocation, market timing and international strategy are the three things I would describe the product as concentrating on". Dewhirst believes the website will fill a gap in the market: "It will give the financial intermediary or trustee the necessary knowledge to play a value-added part in the direction of investment funds, which has been made possible by the growth of money purchase personal pension plans and multi-manager pension schemes." The website covers 50 countries and regions worldwide and data is presented in ranking tables, country profiles and over 4,000 charts covering 25 years of market behaviour. MC Back to Top |
Portfolio International - August 2000WEBSITES www.investors-routemap.co.ukSITE AIMED at professional investors and intermediaries which is designed to help them find the most attractive foreign bond, currency and stock markets, based on a range of investment strategies. The idea is to deliver sophisticated active quantitative research to smaller institutions such as financial intermediaries, finance directors and pension trustees who lack the economies of scale to carry out in-depth investment analysis in-house. A free online study course is also provided on the strategies used and the subscription section contains analysis and advice on the markets of 50 countries and regions around the world. This is presented in various ranking tables, country profiles, timelines of key events and over 4,000 charts covering up to 25 years of past performance. Back to Top |
Money Management - August 2000IFAs wise up to the webNearly two thirds of IFAs use die internet as source or information according to a report produced by Gavin Anderson & Company……..……….www.investors-routemap.co.uk is a new website from Professional Investment Tools aimed at financial intermediaries, small institutions, finance directors and pension fund trustees without access to in house investment strategy analysis. The site offers online global asset allocation and active quantitative research facilities. It includes a chartbook, which allows investment professionals and IFAs to find the most attractive foreign bond, currency and stock markets based on a range of investment strategies. The site covers bond, foreign exchange and stock markets in 50 countries and includes over 4000 charts. There is a free online seminar which demonstrates how the system works. Subscription costs £300 for the equity service, £150 for bonds and £150 for Forex. Subscribers for equities and one other may receive the third for free. For details contact the company on 020 7294 4038 or visit the website www.investors-routemap.co.uk Back to Top |
The Investor - August 2000QUANTITATIVE LEAPInvestors who use technical analysis to aid their decisions have a new online resource with the launch of www.investors-routemap.co.uk. The site offers a database of thousands of charts from bond, currency and stock markets around the world, showing not only historic price moves, but also a 'best guess’ over which way individual markets will move in the future. There is also a free online study course on investing in global markets. Back to TopPensions Age - July 2000News in BriefGlobal analysis websiteInvestors-routemap.co.uk delivers quantitative research of global markets. It contains analysis and advice about the markets of 50 countries and regions around the world. Back to Top |
International Investment - July 2000New Research WebsiteA website providing active quantitative research for financial intermediaries, professional investors and smaller institutions has been launched by London-based Professional investment Tools. The site, www.investors-routemap.co.uk , enables investmet professionals to pinpoint the most attractive foreign bond, currency and stock markets, based on a range of investment strategies. These charts show not only what factors moved the markets in the past but also include a ' best guess' as to which way individual markets may move next. It comprises a public section, with a free online seminar on the strategies used and a subscription section, containing analysis and advice on the bond, currency and stock markets of 50 countries and regions around the world. Back to TopPensions Week - 26/6/2000Trustees get an online helping handA website to help pension fund trustees to carry out extensive investment strategy analysls in-house has been launched by Professional Investment Tools. It features a chartbook that enables investors to pinpoint the most attractive to foreign bond, currency and stock markets - based on a range of investistment strategies. It also shows what factors moved markets in the past but also includes a best guess at which way a market hay move next. The site can be accessed at www.investors-routemap.co.uk. Back to Top |
The Guardian - 17/6/2000NetsearchClick with global markets If the mind boggles at the complexity of the stock market, visit www.investors-routemap.co.uk. The site provides an online study course on investing in global markets. It helps investors compare past perfomance and current outlook across all markets using a variety of investment strategies. Back to Top |