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The respective merits of absloute-return and relative-return investing

January 2010

Following the turbulent events in financial markets in recent years, the debate about whether investors should move from relative-return investing towards an 'absolute-return' approach has intensified. In this article, we consider the respective merits of absolute-return and relative-return approaches to investment.