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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...
Bogle was right. Character counts
Vanguard founder Jack Bogle was famous for explaining investing to ordinary people. But he devoted just as much time and energy later in life to imparting wisdom to fellow financial professionals. Bogle’s overriding message for his peers was arguably the importance of...
Three steps to kicking bad habits
By JONATHAN CLEMENTS We all do things that make us feel good right now, but which aren’t so good for us over the long haul. Yes, even me. Yes, even you. Some of this behaviour stems from hardwired instincts passed down to us...
Shift your focus away from passing showers
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY Passing showers. A key tactic in staying disciplined as an investor is developing the skill to separate short-term ephemera from long-term trends. A sharp drop in the market today, however disconcerting, is not important if your horizon...
There is significant real inflation in the world
In the fourth of our articles serialising ANDREW CRAIG’s book How to Own the World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally and Investing Wisely, Andrew covers what we all need to know about inflation. Andrew has worked in the City of...
Robin’s Reads, Week 48, 2019
Week 48. By ROBIN POWELL INVESTING Don’t let “analysis paralysis” keep you from investing (Monevator) Investment insights from Dimensional’s David Booth (David Booth) When markets wobble, don’t follow the herd (Carolyn Gowen) Drawing on the wisdom of others is vital for...
Is the growth of passive investing increasing volatility?
By LARRY SWEDROE The continued rapid growth in market share of passive investing has been accompanied by continuing attacks on it by Wall Street and the financial media. One article called passive investing worse than Marxism. Another said it was causing...
