Even on a good middle-class income, it’s not easy to fill your ISA.
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What do the 10-year returns of the Vanguard LifeStrategy funds tell us about passive investing?
We love a rule-of-thumb. It helps you feel like you’re in control. The reality is far different of course…
Like always, these investment principles from Sir John Templeton are incomplete and self-contradictory. But I’d rather read his maxims than those of almost anyone else.
Grab your oxygen tank, we’re taking a deep dive into the best Emerging Market bond index trackers
Thematic ETFs offer investors a way to back their hunches without picking individual stocks. But beware the costs and risks.
Emerging Market bonds have outperformed Emerging Market equities for the last 25 years. Can it last?
Emerging Market bonds can improve your portfolio’s risk-adjusted returns. Should they replace Emerging Market equity in your portfolio?
We can’t really call equities an inflation hedge. Not when their real return falls with high inflation!
Many in the Monevator community ask about how to manage multiple portfolios, especially as part of a single family household. Reader Sunil sums up the dilemma: I understand the importance of diversification, but what about across multiple portfolios? I have a SIPP and ISA, and run a SIPP and ISA for my wife. That’s four [...]
There are safer investments and there are riskier investments, but there’s no such thing as ‘safe’. You must always consider timescales, too.