Proventus Planners

25/01/2023

After 20 years of data from the SPIVA Report, what can we learn on active vs passive when it comes to investing? Learn more.

06/12/2022

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04/08/2022

A great article about two of the gurus of our time. Warning - contains wisdom

Billionaire fund manager standoff: Ray Dalio thinks investing is common sense and markets are simple, while Howard Marks says complex and convoluted 'second-level' thinking is needed for superior returns.

10/05/2022

Some great information illustrating amongst other things, why it is important to stay the course in the long term. Trying to "time" the market is fraught.

Successful investing can be really hard in times like the present when share markets are down sharply & very volatile on the back of uncertainty around inflation, rising interest rates and the war in Ukraine...

15/12/2021

Gavin Montgomery looks at the fable of how a wager involving a chess game and grains of rice nearly bankrupted an ancient Indian kingdom.

06/05/2021

Warren Buffett explained why he believes most investors should not pick stocks but simply own an S&P 500 index fund. "There's a lot more to picking stocks than figuring out what’s going to be a wonderful industry."

04/03/2021

Digital currencies and blockchain technology may have a lot to offer - but that does not mean Bitcoin will be it...

22/07/2020

The SPIVA scorecard highlights how active managers fared against market benchmarks.

11/06/2020

It seems counterintuitive, but share prices rose during 17 (85%) of the 20 economic recessions in Australia in the past 150 years as markets tend to anticipate the bad times and recover early.