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Not your father’s retirement

Meet the latest member of Team Monevator – The Greybeard – who is here to sort out post-retirement fact from fiction.

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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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A low cost SIPP deal that enables you to get saving for your pension even with meagre sums.

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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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What’s better than cheap? Why cheaper, of course! (Haven’t you been paying attention to us for the past five years?)

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Drowning in data? Submerged by a smorgasbord of shares? You need to tighten up your investment process to focus on what mattes.

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Passive investing can be so dull that you just can’t stand doing nothing all the time. So learn some mind control to avoid doing anything daft.

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If you must pick stocks for a pastime and profit, then the steady way offered by John Lee is likely a surer path to success.

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How to invest in small caps

A comprehensive list of small cap funds and ETFs suitable for UK passive investors.

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Do you want to be the next Neil Woodford? No? Then how about copying the current Neil Woodford?

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What is the small cap premium, how much can it improve your investing returns and does it really exist?

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Do you like money more than glory? Then maybe you should ignore benchmarks, and also ignore your return numbers.

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Are you a Brit who is far-flung from home, or a visitor to our fair shores who wants to keep investing during your stay?

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Not sure which is the best index tracker? We show you which characteristics to compare.

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The market gently wafts our passive portfolio up, like an eagle on a thermal. The only thing to worry about is whether to cut our costs again.

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