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Deflation Worries Return

This is the week when deflation reared its ugly head and started reminding investors of the dangers it can pose to economic stability. At times it sounds esoteric, but as the experiences of the 1930’s and of Japan in the past 20 years show, deflation makes life tough for consumers, companies, governments by increasing the cost of debt and strangling economic activity.

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Benchmarking A Managed Fund

In essence, benchmarks are a standard against which the performance of financial instruments like managed funds can be measured. More often than not, broad market and market-segment indices are used for benchmarking purposes. A benchmark is usually an index of securities from the same, or similar, class: stocks are usually compared against stocks, bonds against bonds and so on.

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