Portfolio Management

 Essays on portfolio management published by investment journals

This selection of published feature articles by Nick Dewhirst is intended for financial intermediaries and individual investors interested in managing their own portfolios of funds. It is arranged by subject. Please email us specifying the article(s) that interest you. They may be useful to independent financial advisers and professional investors for continuing professional development.

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  Feature Articles from Investment Journals  
           
  Portfolio Management  
           
  Theme Title Journal Date  
           
  Behavioural Finance        
  Organisational Theory - 1 What organisational finance does not like to talk about International Investment Apr-06  
  Organisational Theory - 2 Organisational effects split the investment process three ways International Investment May-06  
  'Free' Research Investors should not scrimp and save when it comes to good advice International Investment Jul-03  
  Conquering your emotions Keep your head, while all around are losing theirs International Investment Aug-08  
  Marginal Differentiation - 1 Who's telling the truth? International Investment Apr-07  
  Marginal Differentiation - 2 Fortune favours the brave International Investment May-07  
  Passing the buck It's difficult to find people who take big investment decisions International Investment Jan-06  
  Portfolio Weighting The real players in the weighting game International Investment Feb-07  
  Short Term Pain, Long Term Gain Professionals have to win every quarter, but amateurs only have to win in the end International Investment Jun-07  
  Surveys of Fund Managers Individual managers may be good, but they are not masters of their own fate International Investment Jul-08  
           
  Cautionary Tales        
  Mistaken Strategies Strategies for suckers Financial Adviser Feb-01  
  Dodgy Deals and Scams Anatomy of dodgy deals and scams International Investment May-04  
  Investment Jargon Cutting through the investment jargon and uncovering the hype International Investment Feb-06  
  Financial Gibberish Unending stream of what frequently masquerades as intelligent financial comment International Investment May-08  
  Performance of Losers Breathing life into a portfolio Financial Adviser May-02  
  Performance of UK Retail Investors Calculating the real cost of free advice and why it is more worthwhile to pay International Investment Sep-03  
  News as Noise Have I got news for you International Investment Aug-06  
  Risk / Return Ratio Escaping the bear market intact Financial Adviser Feb-03  
  Bond Markets There is no such thing as a sure thing International Investment Sep-07  
  Rocket Scientists "Our theory said it could not happen, but it did" International Investment Oct-07  
  Panic Panics may happen to healthy , not just unhealthy economies International Investment Feb-08  
  Exceptional Circumstances Exceptional circumstances are predictable in financial markets International Investment Jun-08  
  The Blame Game We are all to blame for the financial crisis, albeit to different degrees International Investment Nov-08  
  Consumer Protection Financial Health and Safety has its consequences International Investment Dec-08  
           
  Lessons of Experience        
  Different Investment Games Learning from investment mistakes International Investment Dec-03  
  The Case for Investment Trusts Seeing the bigger picture AITC Mar-04  
  Specialist Investment Trusts Walking the walk Bloomberg Money Apr-04  
  Top-Down Advisory Services Experience teaches that it is the big picture that makes the big difference International Investment Jun-05  
  Commodity Trading Trading is not a mug's game International Investment Feb-07  
  How to be a good client The customer is usually wrong International Investment Oct-06  
  Stale Bulls Bear markets end in a selling climax, but is it the first, second, third or fourth? International Investment Oct-08  
           
  Portfolio Construction        
  Asset Allocation Myths Investment Objectives, Risk, Correlation and Diversification Investors Chronicle Sep-07  
  Turning Theory into Practice Turning investment theory into practise for personal experience International Investment Aug-05  
  Diversification Diversification: reduced risk or lower returns International Investment Dec-04  
  Volatility Don't believe the hype International Investment Jul-07  
  Redefining Risk in Absolute Terms The risks of avoiding risk Financial Adviser Jan-02  
  Beating the Index How the construction of indices has influenced fund performance International Investment Sep-05  
  Allocating Assets by Class Being picky with investments Financial Adviser Jan-03  
  Portfolio Construction A sceptical view of conventional wisdom International Investment Aug-04  
           
  Taxation        
  Life Assurance Tax benefits are eaten up by costs International Investment Nov-07  
  Tax Shelters Lemons ripen quicker than plums International Investment Jan-08  
           
  Investment Strategy  
           
  Theme Title Journal Date  
           
  Market Timing        
  Market timing is back Market timing is back in demand International Investment Aug-01  
  The changing investment game Playing the numbers game Financial Adviser Sep-01  
  Sell signals The fine art of successful selling International Investment Sep-01  
           
  Investor Sentiment        
  Investor Sentiment Could bravery be the vital investor attribute? International Investment Nov-04  
  Types of Winners Spotting successful investors International Investment Sep-06  
  When to buy? On the contrary Bloomberg Money Nov-04  
  Closed Funds Lessons to be learned from the unique selling proposition funds that closed International Investment Aug-05  
           
  Investing Style        
  Which strategies work Advisers should invest wisely for canny returns Financial Adviser Jan-01  
  Geographic versus sector analysis Flooding the market with theme funds International Investment May-01  
  Growth versus Value The big debate: growth versus value investing - who wins? International Investment Nov-05  
           
  Forecasting        
  Chart Analysis How accurate are chartist's predictions? International Investment Jul-04  
  Exchange Rate Models Are exchange rate models about as accurate as tossing a coin? International Investment Mar-04  
           
  Fund Selection  
           
  Theme Title Journal Date  
           
  Types of Fund        
  Results by Type of Packaging - 1 The great investment conundrum International Investment Nov-03  
  Results by Type of Packaging - 2 Differentiation pays International Investment Aug-07  
  Selection by mandate Nothing of value is given away Financial Adviser May-06  
           
  Bond Funds        
  Emerging Market Bonds Dangers may lurk in the shadows of the emerging market bonds boom International Investment Jun-03  
  Index-Linked Bonds Inflation-linked bonds - a primer International Investment May-05  
           
  Closed-Ended Funds        
  How to pick winners ? Pick a winner Bloomberg Money Oct-04  
  Backing Winners Horses or courses? Bloomberg Money Jan-06  
  Brains versus Courage Is there a size effect to managers as well as mandates? Bloomberg Money Jun-05  
  Investment Trust Arbitrage Arbitrageurs - Terror among sleepy managers or joy among suffering investors Bloomberg Money Sep-05  
  Closed-Ended Funds Closed-ended funds: the weapon of choice for sophisticated investors International Investment Jan-04  
           
  Commodity Funds        
  Active + Passive Commodity Funds Strategic moves International Investment Mar-07  
           
  Exchange Traded Funds        
  ETF versus Managed Funds Cost - benefit analysis Investment Adviser Apr-03  
  Expanding Produc Greater choice through ETFs International Investment May-06  
           
  Hedge Funds        
  Decline of Hedge Fund Returns From exotica to entrenchment International Investment Feb-02  
           
  Open-Ended Funds        
  New Fund Launches High number of funds in sector or region is warning sign to pull out International Investment Oct-03  
  New funds performance Analysing new funds' performance International Investment Aug-02  
  Managers or Mandates What makes the biggest difference: the manager or the mandate International Investment Apr-04  
  Types of Winners Why coming second can be best International Investment Nov-06  
           
  Protected Funds        
  Guarranteed Funds Opportunity cost in Protected Funds Financial Adviser May-01  
           
  Global Markets  
           
  Theme Title Journal Date  
           
  Banking Crises        
  1931 Banking Crisis What lessons can be learned from the collapse of the Austrian banks after WWI International Investment Mar-08  
  Bubbles always burst People may be taliking about housing snakes, rather than ladders International Investment Apr-08  
           
  Bear Markets        
  Déjà vu? 1974 Looking back to 1970s brings back sense of déjà vu International Investment Apr-03  
  Bear Market Bottom The reports of the death of the equity investor have been greatly exaggerated International Investment Aug-03  
  Aftermath of Stock Market Bubbles After the bubble - what happens next? International Investment Jun-04  
  US Stock Market Crises Part 1 Blip, correction or bear market? International Investment Jun-06  
  US Stock Market Crises Part 2 Anatomy of a Wall Street crash International Investment Jul-06  
  2008 = 2000, 1987, 1973 or 1929? If this bear market is a repeat of anything, it is most like 1980 International Investment Sep-08  
           
  Bubbles        
  Sell Technology shares Bubbles bursting again International Investment Mar-01  
  Economic cycles How big will the bear grow? International Investment Oct-01  
  Contrarian investment Pessimism within technology sector boosts contrarian views International Investment Dec-01  
  Weight of the evidence Question: Are we or are we not in a global bull market? International Investment Apr-02  
  Bear market nadir - 1 The last and final act in the technology bubble drama International Investment Jul-02  
  Bear market nadir - 2 Are we seeing history repeat itself? International Investment Nov-02  
  Stocks versus Bonds Throwing out the old economy and ringing in a new equity era International Investment Feb-03  
           
  Election Cycles        
  US Election Cycle - 1 What could happen next in the Pork Cycle International Investment Dec-00  
  US Election Cycle - 2 US election cycles International Investment Dec-02  
  US Election Cycle - 3 An old Wall Street adage is still relevant today International Investment Feb-05  
  US Election Cycle - 4 Results of the US elections International Investment Jan-07  
  UK cannot avoid US downturn Where next for Blair's Britain International Investment Apr-01  
           
  Oil Crises        
  Oil & Emerging Markets Long-term improvement in oil mirrors resources bull market International Investment May-02  
  Oil Boom - Stock market crash ? Oil booms and their link to stock market crashes International Investment Mar-05  
           
  War & Peace        
  Terrorist war War and Peace, or a tale of Two Markets? International Investment Nov-01  
           

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