PinnedSimon Evan-Cook·Feb 2, 2023Investors: The one thing separating excellent from competentIf you’re hard-working, intelligent and good at exams you can become a fund manager. But that won’t make you a great fund manager. That…A response icon16A response icon16
PinnedSimon Evan-Cook·Sep 24, 2022The Anatomy of a Fund UniverseThere are eleven types of mutual fund: knowing them will help you find the good and avoid the bad.A response icon1A response icon1
Simon Evan-Cook·Oct 21‘Active’ is More than a LabelSome active managers may prosper when AI rolls over — most probably won’t though: Choose carefully.
Simon Evan-Cook·Jun 24Are Financial Services a ‘Safe Graveyard’?The industry is being cajoled towards fewer, larger firms. This will have consequences.
Simon Evan-Cook·Jun 2Can active work in a passive market?Bottom-up investors are stuggling in a top-down world, but no trend lasts forever.A response icon3A response icon3
Simon Evan-Cook·May 12The most overlooked factor in picking a good fund?What fund managers could learn from Jeremy ClarksonA response icon2A response icon2
Simon Evan-Cook·Apr 21Victory for Passive! 22 thoughts and questionsPassive has conquered the world. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot
Simon Evan-Cook·Apr 15The View from the AbyssWhat’s it like holding — or managing — a fund that’s passing through Hell?
Simon Evan-Cook·Mar 3Six Ways to Fake a ForecastEconomic and market forecasts are useless, yet the people making them remain in a job. How does this happen?
