Seeking Alpha

Relative Returns Or Absolute - What's More Important?

Given the latest market run, I am getting a lot of questions about chasing returns and individuals comparing themselves to the S&P 500 index. The flaw of human nature is that whatever we have is ...
Seeking Alpha

Relative Return Defined

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. A relative return is the return that an asset achieves over a period of time compared to a benchmark. The ...
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Absolute return is a powerful tool

More than a decade ago, before the Internet bubble burst, investors focused on return on capital. Today they seem more concerned with risk-adjusted returns. They want to know that their hard-earned ...
Money Management

Relative Return: Demystifying the use of hedge funds

In this episode of Relative Return, host Keith Ford sits down with Mariana Paul, investment specialist for O’Connor and head of sales and distribution for South-East Asia at UBS Asset Management, to ...
Money Management

Relative Return: What it means to be a contrarian investor

In this episode of Relative Return, host Laura Dew chats with Zahid Kassam, portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management, to unpack the intricacies of contrarian investing and how financial advisers ...