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Jeremy Grantham says the next couple of decades will determine the fate of our current incarnation of humanity. Unlike most nutters on the Internet, we should listen to him.

I delivered newspapers at 6am and opened envelopes until my fingers were bleeding from paper cuts. Today is a doddle by comparison!

Exhausted by a week in politics, let’s dive straight into the links and other reading this Saturday.

It’s Easter, so I suggest you have a think about how your living your life, as well as how you’re investing your money. That’s my plan anyway. With eggs on.

Good reads from around the Web. A research company called Mebane Faber wins my lesser-spotted post of the week award this Saturday for You are not a good investor, its disassembling of the vanities of stock pickers. ((Full disclosure: I am such. For my sins.)) First, the article calls up a fascinating study – The [...]

Let’s hope politicians remember the golden rule in the Budget next week: “First, do no harm”.

How I was nearly on the radio, plus the rest of the week’s good reads

Perfect is impossible when it comes to passive investing. Learn why, then spend the time you’ve saved reading these other good articles.

How the 20 biggest companies in the UK move the market, plus the rest of the week’s good reads.

Gold demand is falling. Is it a temporary hiatus, or is the End of the World off, after all?

Larry Swedroe offers a masterful walk through why and how to construct a passive portfolio. Enjoy!

Good reads from around the Web. Regular readers will know I’ve long warned people not to get scared out of equities over the past few years. With the emblematic US Dow Index touching the “psychologically important” (i.e. headline spouting) 14,000 level on Friday, I can’t help remembering some of my own articles: Why I buy [...]

Should focus more on the achievements of buisiness people and less on their philanthropy? Probably not, but it’s a provocative thought…

Everything the Federal Reserve thinks is minuted. That means it can’t revise history to sound smarter. Beware those who do.

RDR is here. But as a loyal Monevator reader you knew that already, didn’t you!