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

Your lifespan affects the viability of your financial plan. We show you how to estimate your life expectancy using the best tools available.

You can raise your sustainable withdrawal rate by improving your withdrawal plan.

Craft your own sustainable withdrawal rate using the layer cake approach.

An active fund plot unfolds; what heresy is this?

Why the 4% rule doesn’t work

The 4% rule is the most misunderstood piece of received financial wisdom floating around on the internet. Without proper handling it can blow up your retirement. We make it safe.

Because what’s life for if not the chance to do more maths?

Simple maths for investors

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.