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Introducing our new portfolio review service for professionals
The vast majority of pensions funds, charities, endowments and other institutional portfolios have underperformed the market for decades. The way to stop the rot is to have an independent portfolio review, reduce fees and complexity, and increase diversification. From today, that’s precisely what TEBI is offering. As anyone who’s read The...
How to nail those last-minute gifts
By LESLEY GREGORY My adult son asked me not to buy him a Christmas gift this year because the (self-imposed) pressure to actually like the present made him uncomfortable. We’ll mark the day another way, but most of you will be...
The risks investors worry about
By JOE WIGGINS Vaccines have a behavioural problem. If they are effective then they can eradicate a risk from our lives. The successful development of vaccines means that we are no longer exposed to a variety of illnesses that were debilitating...
Beware spectacular success stories
As regular TEBI readers know, active funds that outperform the market over the long term are vastly outnumbered by those that fail to beat it. And you don’t need a degree in marketing to work out that the funds which attract...
When should I retire?
By LESLEY GREGORY There was a time when the idea of retiring at 55 became a popular aspiration. Then the global financial crisis put a hole in savings, delaying early retirement for some people. The low interest rate years that followed haven’t...
The siren song of outperformance
By PATRICK CAIRNS We live in a world where a lot of things are judged on relative performance. What parent, for instance, isn’t thrilled when their toddler advances ahead of the milestones set out in their development chart? And who isn’t...
Victory belongs to the patient
By LARRY SWEDROE “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffett ◊ While having a well-thought-out investment plan is a necessary ingredient for a successful outcome (while one can get lucky, the odds are against it),...
