What is quantitative tightening? Why are bond funds falling? Should you alter your portfolio before the Bank of England further raises rates and soaring inflation sends you to the soup kitchen? All good questions that we’re hearing from Monevator readers every day. So let’s have a primer on what’s going on with central banks, rates, [...]
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There are lots of new ways to make money in whatever crypto is right now. Which means lots of new ways to lose it too…
Legendary investor Jim Slater lived through the 1970s stock market crash: the worst slump since the 1930s. The London share index was at a 21-year low in 1975. If you find yourself in the midst of a bear market then clearly Slater’s seen a thing or two. Let’s hear what he has to say. (My [...]
Inflation has been a very different experience throughout history, which may colour our responses today.
How big does my pension pot need to be before I can retire? This is the simplest and the best way to work that out.
The Accumulator is six months into FIRE. Has he lost the will to live yet? Or is that just his friends because he’s so unbearably chirpy now?