2013

Research suggests a blend of level annuities and equities is the best asset allocation for a retiree, but an escalating annuity offers more security.

How bad could things get in retirement — and how good could it go? Two UK bloggers add their two pence, plus other good reads.

Veteran UK investor Jim Slater is known for his penchant for high-flying growth shares. But that doesn’t mean he’s always optimistic. Slater has lived through many market cycles in his five decades of investing, and like any great investor he knows that shares go down as well as up. Back in 2008 I found his [...]