How hard can this investing lark be anyway? A couple of weeks ago, asset consultant Watson Wyatt held its annual shindig for the great and the good of the superannuation and funds management industry at the salubrious Westin Sydney.
Integral to this day of learning is a market game that saw 14 tables each with 10 finance professionals battle it out to see who could create the portfolio with the most added value.
Did eyeFA say 14? Well, there was one late entrant, a table of only five journalists, including one from this humble publication, who decided to take on the moneymakers at their own game.
More than ably assisted by Watson Wyatt Australian equities head Jignasa Patel, the hacks came within a whisker of taking out the grand prize, coming a very credible second and picking up some bubbly for their trouble.
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