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Welcome to Firstlinks Edition 450

17 March 2022
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On most days, months, even years, not much truly memorable happens, good or bad. If you are 65 years old today, you are also 23,741 days old, but you have no recollection of anything from the majority of those days. However, we will remember 2020 and 2022. We are living through history, and aside from the terrible human consequences, the pandemic and Ukrainian war will change the way we live and perceive the world.

Fund managers versus funds: fraternal or identical twins?

Graham Hand
16 March 2022
9

Investors can invest in the funds of our leading fund managers, or they can invest in the business itself. The success of the fund manager is 'twinned' to the performance of the fund, but what type of twins are they?

Roger Morley on the merit of obstinacy in global investing

Graham Hand, Roger Morley
16 March 2022
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What does a global investor think of the consequences of war, changing investment opportunities, building portfolios, good and bad stocks and why obstinacy amid short-term trends is a positive attribute?

A discombobulation decade for investors

Phil Ruthven AO
16 March 2022
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Every decade brings surprises, but discombobulating ones are more rare - being the 1910s, 1930s, 1940s and 1970s in the last century. We are just into the 2020s, but it already looks like a volatile decade.

Benefits of holding gold in Australian dollars

Jordan Eliseo
16 March 2022
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2022 is another example of gold providing portfolio protection when it’s needed most. Australian investors may be able to magnify the protective benefits by purchasing gold in Australian dollars.

Can quantitative tightening help the Fed fight inflation?

Michael Collins
16 March 2022

The US Federal Reserve's first foray into quantitative tightening from 2017 fizzled. Can asset-selling – aka money destroying – help fight inflation this time around?

An opt-in, universal pension can fix several super problems

Prof. Kevin Davis
16 March 2022
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With considerable resources spent on qualifying for the age pension and grappling with super consequences, there have been regular calls for a universal pension. How might it work and what are the benefits?

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Matt Miller, Chris Buchbinder
16 March 2022

Distracted by inflation and Ukraine worries, the market is overlooking that the US midterm elections due on 8 November 2022 usually impact equities. As US markets affect all others, what are the implications?

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