Daily Archive: April 28, 2009

Apr 28

US House Price Data…down again

Because the current global financial crisis started with declining US House prices many believe that it will finish with improving US House prices. The primary index used in the US that assesses house price movement is the Case-Shiller Composite Index. As can be seen unfortunately the plummet in prices continued in February and prices fell …

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Apr 28

Risks of Direct Equity Portfolios

This week my latest education article was published in IFA magazine. Basically it summarises the amount of additional downside risk a direct equities portfolio with a small number of stocks takes on compared to portfolio with a large number of stocks. There is myth that concentrated stock portfolios are more likely to outperform managed funds, …

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