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I was so impressed with the quality of the book that i have since purchased a number of copies to share with other investors
However the data and arguments are well organized with the book proceeding from an introduction of the concept through the hist... Read More
The other thing to point out is merely with the fact that more oversight and work is required on the part of the fund company t... Read More
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Arnott is of course a genius and his theory is by now a classic
The fundamental index preserves the virtues of the capweighted index such as transparency diversification low turnover and high... Read More
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- This product had a total of 29 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 26 2021.
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I found chapter 13 especially useful as it contains 10year return forecasts for bonds and equities from one of the worlds leading asset allocators
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Index investors have always faced a dilemma they know that on average active investment management will underperform a capweighted index after allowing for fees
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Take a simple example this is my own not from the book
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It is difficult to refute the books argument that a capweighted index has a direct structural link to any pricing error and since the true value of a stock is the net present value of decades of future cash flows which must be unknown there must be pricing errors
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It illustrates its points with examples we can all identify with and directly addresses the criticisms of its approach with a degree of humour
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While i wouldnt dare entering into a debate with any of the rather wellknown critics of the concepts i would propose that they all read the book carefully and contemplate the principle known as occams razor while doing so occams razor sometimes spelled ockhams razor is a principle attributed to the 14thcentury english logician and franciscan friar william of ockham
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The principle states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory
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