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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...
No one consistently picks the winners in advance
A new study highlights two main reasons why financial professionals recommend the funds they do. As ROBIN POWELL explains, neither of them is a sound reason to invest. This article was originally written for, and published by, the Suitable Advice Institute....
Unique insight or common knowledge?
This tale is part of LARRY SWEDROE’s Investor Tales series. Unless otherwise specified, the tales are hypothetical scenarios, designed to educate the reader on investment principles. Something that everyone knows isn’t worth knowing. — Bernard Baruch ◊ It was...
Four financial priorities for young adults
The “Millennials” are growing up. Now aged between 20 and 39, this is no longer a generation of lavish spenders and starving artists. Millennials are saving money and planning for the future. Nothing has brought the need for this into sharper focus...
Spend on things you love
Money is a means to an end, not an end in itself. You shouldn’t save and invest for its own sake; you should do it to fund the life you want to lead. Throughout his career as a financial adviser, CARL RICHARDS...
Making sense of gold
Gold has been making the headlines again, recently hitting record highs and attracting attention even from the likes of Warren Buffett. What are ordinary investors to make of it all? Passion is a word rarely associated with investment. In fact, switching...
What good investing and winemaking have in common
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY What makes a great wine? Ask a wine drinker and they’ll say bouquet and drinkability. Ask a winemaker and they’ll doubtless mention grapes, soil, climate, timing of the harvest, fermentation, ageing, bottling and marketing — just...
