A few canny value investors like Warren Buffett have beaten the market for decades by buying cheap shares. More recently, academics noticed what they were up to and identified the value premium – the excess return over the market that you’ve earned by zeroing in on shares that looked cheap on measures such as price [...]
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Hey you, have you got too much money? Then maybe you should consider whittling down your fortune with an investment in a gold miner.
RIT is back with a roundup of movements in the most important assets for private investors. For oodles more data, check out his own website, Retirement Investing Today. The Investor gave us a succinct summary of the first half of 2013 at the weekend, via his latest Weekend Reading. The talk this past quarter though [...]
Here’s another thing you’ve got in common with monkeys (besides that thing you do where you pick lice out of your partner’s hair…)
A rant about Mrs Thatcher. Sorry if it offends, I know many of you hate her. That’s sort of the point.
RIT is back with his latest roundup of movements in the key asset classes over the past three months.
Always be alert to the different ways in which large numbers can be (mis)interpreted when trying to make sense of the world. Never forget: You’re an upgraded ape with delusions of grandeur, designed to hunt gazelles and run away from lions. You’re prone to fear and greed, you love being in with the crowd, and [...]
The US is drowning in debt and is doomed? No it’s not, if you also consider it has assets. It’s just another example of my crazy law of big number distortion.
Curious about the government’s new Help to Buy scheme? Have I got the infographic for you.
Every three months, we give you an insight into how the key asset classes have been performing. Here’s our latest joint.
There’s nothing wrong with regulators lowering financial expectations, except the timing. The time to be afraid is when everyone is happy, not when they’ve given up.
Could seemingly good news about rising stock markets be stressing you out? Yes, if you watch it on the TV, according to academics.
Child benefit is a huge slug of tax-free income that’s set to get taken away from higher earning families, but there are steps you can take to keep hold of it.
RIT is back with his handy summary of all the big moves in stock markets, commodities, and UK house prices over the past three months. Get stuck in!
The rich are getting richer, the poor are going nowhere, and the middle-classes are calling for a communist revolution. What have you got to say about it?