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Our doughty passive portfolio has been an island of calm amid the uncertainty.

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Our demo high yield portfolio is five-years old but not (quite) forgotten. Here’s where it stands after 60 and a bit months in the wild…

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Threshold rebalancing offers a number of easy-to-follow strategies that enable you to fine tune your portfolio’s exposure to risk.

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Finding it tough to reach financial independence? A fellow, weary traveller reaches out.

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Even the most blue chip dividend payers can go astray, as this retrospective case study on Tesco demonstrates…

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Our resident retirement expert updates his hand-picked selection of investment trusts that could suit retirees.

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As one of the world’s very best stock pickers, Warren Buffett knows exactly how hard it is to beat the market…

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The nuts and bolts of choosing an investment platform – the accounts to pick, the fees to avoid, and other pitfalls investigated.

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How scary can investing be?

What’s the worst mauling you can take at the hands of the stock market?

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The world’s decided not to go into meltdown after all. Our model passive portfolio jumps for joy.

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How a dark sense of foreboding about imminent market collapse and the unnecessary pursuit of further gain forced me to eat humble pie.

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The Greybeard’s wife has caught the investing bug! Well, sort of…

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Here’s a great talk from Monevator contributor Lars Kroijer about his life as a hedge fund manager and why he now recommends passive investing.

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Don’t know what your risk tolerance is even though you’ve been told it’s important to have one? These tips will help you work it out.

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What is risk tolerance, why is it important and how does it affect your asset allocation. It’s all here.

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I started life as a passive investor and I’ve become a market-obsessed stock picker. What changed, and why?

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