Child Trust Funds are maturing, plus the week’s good reads…
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The economic chickens could soon come home to roost, plus the rest of the week’s good reads…
Why direct indexing could rival ETFs and tracker funds, plus the rest of the week’s good reads…
The irrelevance of alpha for private investors, plus the rest of the week’s good reads…
What caught my eye this week. I have mentioned before my group of friends on an email list who’ve been debating Covid-19 since January. Well, this same group of friends was previously preoccupied by arguing the future of cash. I think cash use is doomed to dwindle in the West, probably fast. Most of them [...]
What caught my eye this week. The US may be about to see another surge in Covid-19 deaths. This is clearly tragic from a human perspective. We might also wonder what it will do to the market. I’ve been pretty relaxed about the UK’s de-lockdown. Daily cases have steadily fallen, contrary to – soon forgotten [...]
Lars calls in from his Covid-19-proof bunker to answer your burning questions about investing in the Covid era…
What caught my eye this week. I have a soft spot for income investing. I haven’t actually (naughtily, actively) invested with a focus on income since the financial crisis, though. (Why not? That’s a whole other story.) I still expect to live off investment income when I’ve had enough of spinning the wheel on my [...]
Will we appreciate what comes of the Covid-19 chaos in time? Plus the rest of the week’s good reads…
Some great money and investing reads for the last weekend (for now?) in splendid isolation…
What caught my eye this week. Right now it can be hard to picture the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. We know it’s bad. The leading indicators – joblessness, factory orders, early GDP reports – tell us that. But the full impact is being softened by government and central bank countermeasures. Also, the [...]