Warren Buffett has consistently advised investors to follow a simple approach, diversifying broadly and minimizing costs. In fact, he recommended the trustee that will manage his wife's bequest to stick to a simple 90-10 stock-bond portfolio. Is this a sensible strategy for retirees in general?...

Trustees and other investment fiduciaries of pensions, charities, and personal trusts, and those who advise them, face increasing pressure to rely on ESG factors in the investment management of tens of trillions of dollars of other people's money. At the same time, however, confusion abounds...

When value and glamour stocks missed earnings expectation targets, what happened to their stock prices over the following year? Prices of value stocks increased when earnings expectations were beat and missed - and even when business fundamentals deteriorated. Glamour stocks behaved more...

Investors increasingly can obtain assistance from “robo-advisors,” artificial intelligence–enabled digitalized service agents imbued with anthropomorphic design elements that can communicate using natural language. The present article considers the impact of anthropomorphized robo-advisors...

Investors increasingly can obtain assistance from "robo-advisors," artificial intelligence - enabled digitalized service agents imbued with anthropomorphic design elements that can communicate using natural language. The present article considers the impact of anthropomorphized robo-advisors on...

Hypothetical stock market investment experiment in six countries reveals that after controlling for the average profit in the whole stock market subjects prefer losing money rather than gaining money as long as their so-called "friends" lose more money. The sad result is that only 8.2% of the...

This article asks how sustainable investing (SI) contributes to societal goals, conducting a literature review on investor impact—that is, the change investors trigger in companies' environmental and social impact. We distinguish three impact mechanisms: shareholder engagement, capital...

Cover -- Impressum -- Titel -- Aus dem Inhalt -- Gruà wort -- Vorwort -- 1 Der demografische Wandel und die Folgen -- 1.1 Das längere Leben verändert die Bevölkerungsstruktur -- 1.2 Was macht das Altern lebenswert? -- 1.3 Das Rentenniveau sinkt â länger arbeiten als Ausweg? -- 1.4...

Weltweit steigt die Lebenserwartung der Menschen. Doch jedes zusätzliche Lebensjahr bedeutet eine höhere finanzielle Belastung im Alter. Bei sinkenden Renten und Nullzinsen ein immer schwierigeres Unterfangen. Beate Sander, Grande Dame der Geldanlage und Bestsellerautorin, zeigt auf, wie Sie...