For these reasons I feel the way to play the "winner's game" is to strive to "be the market" (through the use of low-fee, passive-oriented investment strategies and a heavy emphasis on asset allocation) as opposed to trying to "beat the market" (by looking for the proverbial higher-fee, four-leaf clover in the vast fields of the investment landscape).

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This has led to a flight to quality, with asset-heavy firms, which were once seen as stodgy, now back in favour.

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This is an asset-heavy enterprise with big inventory carries.

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It was the biggest increase since June 2011, and it helped absorb the heavy flow of capital into the asset class.

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PwC is now expected to face a heavy fine over its role in the client asset scandal which could have wrought unnecessary mayhem had the bank collapsed at the height of the financial crisis in October 2008.

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While waiting for heavy construction to begin on the mine, Manson believes Stornoway is sitting on a significant asset.

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Primary examples: gains from investments and asset sales, sharp declines in tax rates, overly optimistic assumptions on pension plan returns and heavy reliance on stock options as a form of compensation.

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