UK property prices have made princes out of paupers and muppets out of mavens. Prices look crazy, but who’d bet against them?
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Why hedge funds don’t use index tracker funds, plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Why do people engage in the equivalent of reading entrails and pondering tea leaves when it doesn’t even give you useful information?
Good reads from around the Web. I spent Friday at the London Investor Show. It was far busier – and very slightly more diverse – than a few years ago. Sure, there was the usual preponderance of 50-something men with rucksacks and 20-something salesmen in suits. It’s always good fun watching the latter trying to [...]
Never let it be said again that the Scandinavians lack a sense of humour, or at least a strong sense of irony.
Why DIY investors must still fight for survival and spread the word. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
The case for bonds in your portfolio, again, plus a rant from me about comments and the rest of the week’s good reads.
Rebalancing is counter-intuitive but there’s no denying the mathematics – it can boost returns. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
A meeting with your maker — or The Man, at any rate. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Jack Bogle is still going toe-to-toe with the fund management industry at 84. Good for him! Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Yet more praise for Warren Buffett, this time as a saviour of some US pensions. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Brainy investors usually make bad stock pickers, because most people do anyway, but a group of them are even worse. Plus the week’s good reads…
Changes to make it easier to create ‘self-indexing’ ETFs are likely to be used to confuse and profit from unwary investors. I know, I’m shocked too. Not! Plus the week’s good reads.
Good reads from around the Web. After we updated the lazy portfolios for UK investors the other day, some readers asked good questions about how the different strategies had done in terms of returns and risk over the years. I say good questions partly because I don’t have good answers! But I do know the [...]
If you’re going to titillate men for money for 15 years, you might as well make a million out of it. Plus other good reads from around the Web.