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Fund of fund managers need to pick not just better-than-average funds to produce incremental return, but among the best, concludes Bernstein.
FORBES: Pensions Perilously Binging Upon Hedge Funds, Funds of Funds and Funds of Funds of Funds (March 20, 2007)
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Including dividends, mortgage REITs have eked out an average annual total return of 4.8% since 1971--not much better than the 4.5% inflation average.
FORBES: House of Cards
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These include low cost index-tracking choices for those who do not think that they can pick a better-than-average investment manager.
BBC: Saving or investing: Can they help beat inflation?
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Enlisting the help of seven of the country's leading chefs, steered by the effusive Loyd Grossman, the new NHS menu has spawned an impressive range of quality, appetising food, perhaps not quite fit for a king, but certainly better than the average pub grub.
BBC: Food glorious hospital food
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Among funds raised in the ten years to 2001, those that attracted investment by the endowments of universities and not-for-profit foundations did 14 percentage points a year better than the average fund.
ECONOMIST: Pick carefully
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With a ground ball rate over 50%, he is not going to provide power, but his peripherals are certainly better than a .218 batting average.
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