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Are stock market analysts pointless?

January 25, 2016 By Robert Davies

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Robert Davies, manager of the UK Smart Dividend UK Fund, discusses the utility (or lack thereof) of professional stock market … [Read more...]

Why selling to lock in FTSE 100 profits may not be the best investment strategy

May 13, 2015 By Robert Davies

The FTSE 100 index has recently moved above the 7,000 level though it is fair to say that progress has been slow and cautious. However, … [Read more...]

Why passive investing and index tracking are not the same thing

March 12, 2015 By Robert Davies

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Rob Davies of Maven Capital Partners looks at index trackers and finds they are not always as passive as you might think, and that passive … [Read more...]

Fundamental dividend indexing – A smart beta approach for income investors

September 16, 2014 By Robert Davies

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This guest post is written by Robert Davies of Maven Capital Partners: Rather like cricket scores and the weather forecast, we get used … [Read more...]

Passive and active investors want a level playing field

August 7, 2014 By Robert Davies

ROI - return on investment

Passive investors and active investors have both been helped enormously by the number of websites that collate investment related data and … [Read more...]

This low volatility stock market will not last forever

July 21, 2014 By Robert Davies

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This is a guest post by Robert Davies of Maven Capital Partners. Rob manages a passive "smart dividend" fund which tracks an index weighted … [Read more...]

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