≡ Menu

Investing

Leveraged ETFs for the long run*

Let’s be clear: leveraged ETFs are hyper-controversial and not well understood. Nevertheless, in forthcoming articles from the Finumus camp about gearing up a portfolio and investing for different generations I intend to talk openly about them. Hence I want to spend today explaining how they work. That way – with all the blood and gore [...]

{ 63 comments }

Which commodities ETF?

What’s the best commodities ETF to invest in? We explain our pick

{ 68 comments }

For a long time we couldn’t compare the rates of interest on cash in investment accounts for one simple reason. Brokers weren’t paying any interest on cash! Rising rates have so dominated the news for the past 18 months that it’s easy to forget that interest rates were near-zero for more than a decade. Even [...]

{ 25 comments }

How well do commodities hedge against UK inflation?

How effective are commodities as an inflation hedge in the UK?

{ 15 comments }

This is what drifting sideways looks like

{ 26 comments }

How to use expected investment returns to build or sanity check your financial plans

{ 53 comments }

Where to find and how to use global CAPE data

{ 24 comments }

Opportunities in index-linked gilts

A unique portfolio asset, with an ‘interesting’ personality…

{ 51 comments }

How much value does commodities diversification add to UK investment portfolios?

{ 21 comments }

The Oracle of Omaha dispenses effortless wisdom on investing strategy, stock picking, and holding on in a market crash.

{ 59 comments }

Investing for 100-year olds

The good news is you’re living longer. The bad news is the government wants your pension fund to be in bonds. We need to think harder about longevity.

{ 62 comments }

When is it okay for a passive investor to time the market?

Is passive investing a Holy Straitjacket or do you have some freedom of manoeuvre?

{ 27 comments }

Are commodities the ideal alternative asset class that should be in any well diversified portfolio? Here’s the case for owning commodities

{ 14 comments }

The unsettling world of commodities investing demystified because new evidence reveals it’s an important portfolio diversifier.

{ 32 comments }

Why suffer existential doubts wondering whether you have edge when you can give your money to somebody proven to have the right stuff?

Why indeed… if only it were that easy.

{ 58 comments }

Or why you shouldn’t expect anyone else to make you rich.

{ 19 comments }