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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 become a millionaire, Part 1
Robin writes: One of the most exciting things about the stock market is that it offers those on relatively modest incomes the chance to become a millionaire. Of course, there’s no guarantee it will work. That’s the nature of equity investing....
Four investment lessons from the COVID crisis
All stock market crashes provide valuable investment lessons, and the latest one is no exception. Joe Wiggins identified no fewer than 17 takeaways from the coronavirus crisis. In this, his latest article for TEBI, LARRY SWEDROE narrows it down to four. Some...
What if the doom mongers are right?
By ABRAHAM OKUSANYA “I am an optimist,” Sir Winston Churchill once said. “It does not seem too much use being anything else.” I’m an optimist too. I have absolute confidence in our collective ability as the human race to overcome the...
Three points to note on active funds and bear markets
There’s a great deal of discussion at the moment about active funds and bear markets. As we’ve explained, active managers hardly covered themselves in glory in the market rout in March. SCM Direct analysed 627 UK-domiciled active funds, and found that in...
Are rich people as happy as they think?
By ANDREW HALLAM I took a year off work in 2003. I bought a 1- year-old Toyota van and drove it down to Mexico. It didn’t have a sink, a bed or a fridge. I cooked on a portable propane stove....
Defending isn’t all a good defender does
A robust portfolio is like a football team. As well as creative midfielders and attackers, it needs defenders — government bonds, say, along with riskier stocks. Within equities too, there are more defensive risk factors, like quality and low volatility. As with...
