Are you paying through the nose for active fund management, but getting a cheap index fund in disguise?
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With low interest rates and a recovering economy it’s more tempting than ever to invest rather than pay off the mortgage. Is it worth the risk?
As long as you’re not talking nose-bleedingly stupidly high P/E ratios, a higher P/E ratio for the market is no reason to fear lower returns.
Should you splash out on a Ferrari or would you be better laying down a cellar of fine bordeaux wines? Choices choices…
Index investing feels random to a lot of people. Luckily, there’s nothing random about it.
Identifying decent dividend shares is one thing, but to invest for the long term in a growing income stream you need to build and manage a portfolio.
Don’t let anyone tell you passive investing is too straight. It’s actually a lot weirder than you think, but the reasons why are also why it works.
Some people spend 25 years working to pay off a mortgage then claim their house is neither an asset or an investment. Huh? No wonder we have boiler room scams.
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 [...]
Nine classic passive investing portfolios, conveniently populated with low price trackers for UK investors.
Hey you, have you got too much money? Then maybe you should consider whittling down your fortune with an investment in a gold miner.
Wondering what you’re doling out to fund your el-cheapo fund managers’ lavish-ish lifestyle? Here’s how to calculate the cost of your entire portfolio.
Because I practice the art of portfolio insouciance, I missed the exact moment our Slow and Steady demo portfolio hit its peak in May.
Research suggests a blend of level annuities and equities is the best asset allocation for a retiree, but an escalating annuity offers more security.