Allan Gray Quarterly Commentary

2010 Q3 Comments from the Chief Operating Officer

In past issues we have highlighted the potential gap between a unit trust's returns and the returns achieved by the average investor in that fund. A...

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2010 Q3

Insights category - companies

You win some...

By Delphine Govender on 30 Sep 2010

Reading time: 11 mins

Building and managing a portfolio of investments inevitably includes shares that will prove to be winners but also those that will fail to deliver on their...

Insights categories - Personal investing

What safeguards are in place to protect your individual investments?

By Taryn Hirsch on 30 Sep 2010

Reading time: 7 mins

At Allan Gray we believe that a critical part of your investment decision is arming yourself with full knowledge of the risks you will be exposed to. There i...

Insights categories - Investment insights

Happy equilibrium

By Duncan Artus on 30 Sep 2010

Reading time: 7 mins

Duncan Artus discusses the implications of the growth in the local asset management industry being focused on asset managers who variously describe their...

Insights categories - Personal investing

Investing made not so scary

By Henk Pieterse on 30 Sep 2010

Reading time: 5 mins

Many people find investing in financial products intimidating and complicated, and so they procrastinate and miss out on the benefits of being invested for...

Insights categories - Offshore investing

When is bad news good news?

By Chris du Toit and Tamryn Lamb on 30 Sep 2010

Reading time: 8 mins

As contrarian investors we are always on the lookout for shares that we can buy at a significantly lower price than we believe they are worth. Thus, with ban...

Insights categories - Markets and economy

Deflation

By Sandy McGregor on 30 Sep 2010

Reading time: 8 mins

It seems the world may divide into two distinct camps: the mature economies gripped by deflation and stagnation, and the emerging markets, which continue to...

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