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Weekly Market Outlook May 29, 2016

Weekly Market Outlook: Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland – Last week, little has changed. The market is moving sideways and seems to be gaining some momentum, but our indicators give no confirmation of an upcoming change in the fragile investment climate. Therefore, we remain cautious. The next week seems to be a quiet week for investors. The […]

Index hugging

Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland – Back in 2015, the Dutch regulator AFM investigated how many Dutch investment funds qualified as index huggers. As usual, supervisors lag behind events, because they act on the controlling side, and sometimes work even inhibitory. That index hugging is now being addressed is nevertheless a good thing, even though it took […]

Indexhugging

Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland – De Nederlandse toezichthouder AFM heeft in 2015 onderzocht hoeveel Nederlandse beleggingsfondsen te kwalificeren zijn als indexhuggers. Zoals gewoonlijk lopen toezichthouders altijd achter de feiten aan, maar dat komt omdat ze controlerend en soms remmend te werk gaan. Dat indexhuggen wordt aangepakt is desalniettemin een goede zaak, ook al heeft het even […]