Passive investing: what is it and how does it work?

Investing requires you do few sums sometimes.

Markets are down. Our emergency bond parachute is open. How is our passive portfolio faring against the financial flak?

Every investor has to start somewhere, and your start won’t come much better than buying an index fund.

Every journey begins with a single step. And when it comes to asset allocation that first step is working out your investment goals.

Our portfolio slows to a crawl. US valuations predict barren years ahead. Is it time to change course?

The only way for active funds to compete with ever-cheaper passive rivals is to cut costs to the bone. Will they?

Our passive portfolio is back off the canvas and shrugging off every blow the forces of pessimism can throw at it.

Beware of betting on tips from friends, whether you’re told about a can’t lose cryptocurrency or ‘the next Google’.

Lyxor have launched a stunningly cheap suite of vanilla ETFs. But beware the potential withholding tax and UK reporting status wrinkles!

Our verdict on Beyond The 4% Rule, arguably the first UK retirement investing book.

Our Slow and Steady model portfolio takes a step back in the first quarter of 2018. Hold the smelling salts…

Mr Market has been as easy on us as a camomile cleansing butter this year. Enjoy a rejuvenating rubdown with high returns that soothe like dopamine kisses.

The book that’s a godsend for anyone trying to work out how to live off their money in retirement.

Our passive portfolio grinds against the unyielding coalface of global capitalism.

The strong case for index investing is made by a passionate fan of the strategy (who shall be known here as The Accumulator).