by Fintax Consulting Group | Feb 4, 2019 | Latest News, Uncategorized
In December 2018, global equity markets suffered their worst monthly performance since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), thereby dragging down the year’s returns. There were not a lot of places to hide with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand being the...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Jan 10, 2019 | Latest News, Uncategorized
2018 has been a tough year for investors across all major equity indices. Year-to-date up to 30/11/2018 the MSCI All Countries World Index (ACWI)is down 2.30%. During these bouts of volatility, a common topic for debate has typically been that a switch out of equities...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Nov 22, 2018 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Last month was a difficult month for global markets where the ‘October Effect’ was in full force. Simply put, the ‘’October Effect’’ is a theory that stocks tend to decline during the month of October. The events that have given October the reputation for stock losses...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Oct 22, 2018 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Last month was a tough market for both equity and fixed income investors with the MSCI ACWI declining 0.1% and the major global fixed income index (ICE BofAML Global Broad Market) declining 0.5%. In particular, we saw a further decline in some of the large cap...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Sep 17, 2018 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Is the Tech Train Leaving Value Investing in the Dust? In 2011 Marc Andreessen (founder of Netscape and billionaire investor) famously wrote the following: ‘’My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic & broad technological and economic shift…...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Jul 26, 2018 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Most people know that the Oprah Winfrey Show, often referred to simply as Oprah, is one of the longest-running and most successful daytime television talk shows in history. What is not as well-known, is that the show’s namesake, has gone on to orchestrate a major...
