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Jason Zweig’s A to Z of financial jargon is a must for investors, being about the funniest thing you will ever read short of an advertisement for an under-performing hedge fund…

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Dividends have risen strongly since the financial crisis, but is the gravy train about to hit the buffers?

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Stock markets go up and down — sometimes sharply — and so will your emotions. Make sure you have a plan to cope with it all.

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China’s new investing class is being put through the ringer. Here’s some lessons for the long-term.

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Blackrock has slashed its ongoing charges on several key tracker funds…

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The government is mulling over the future of pensions. Find out what’s on their mind and how you can influence them.

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The bond crash: Is this it?

Government bonds have bounced all around in the past few days, after the world’s leading Central Bankers said they don’t much care if prices fall. Should you?

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Equity income investment trusts are trading at a discount again. Is this the moment you’ve been waiting for?

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Who’s bought your vote?

Who should get your vote, from a purely selfish personal finance and investing point of view?

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The UK house price crisis has been a long time on the boil. Here’s a suitably long post on ways we might constructively burst it.

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The active fund management industry makes billions and doesn’t deliver what it says on the tin, and most people are none the wiser.

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It can seem astonishing to a newcomer to investing that cheap passive funds are the best to own. But don’t worry — academia has your back.

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Active fund managers say they’re worth their higher charges because their skillful investing beats the boring old market. Shame about the evidence…

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Unbundling charges for investing in pensions and other products has theoretically improved transparency, but total costs have actually risen.

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In the first of this 10-part video series, Sensible Investing lays out the charges against the active fund management industry.

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Selftrade has upset some of its customers with a long and detailed form asking, essentially, where they got their money. Is this the customer service of the future?

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