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What is evidence-based investing?
Nobody can establish who first used the phrase 'evidence-based investing', and no regulator defines it. Robin Powell, who was given the name by Larry Swedroe in 2015 and is sometimes wrongly credited with coining it, sets out what it actually means: four tests of what counts as evidence, borrowed from a medical parallel that hit the same crisis twelve years ago. Including where he goes further than a global tracker, and why he holds that position less firmly than he used to.
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Index fund investors can also win in the short term
Investing is a long-term commitment, and that's especially true for index fund investors. Indexers have time on their side. Because of...
Robin Powell
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Crypto trading can be dangerous
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Timeline and Vanguard — how do they compare?
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U.S. public pensions are gambling with other people's money
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Robin Powell
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Doing nothing is underrated
Early in life we learn that doing things to improve our situation is a positive thing. But it doesn't work like that in investing. Most...
Robin Powell
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Why is Terry Smith struggling?
When “star” fund manager Neil Woodford fell to earth in 2019 with the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income fund, Terry Smith was widely...
Robin Powell
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Why owning losing stocks doesn't matter
A common criticism of index funds is that they own losing stocks as well as winners. It’s true, they do. But does it actually matter? ...
Robin Powell
Aug 26, 20242 min read
Two warnings for investors choosing active funds
Choosing an active fund can seem like a smart move, especially when a fund has delivered strong results in the past. But past performance...
Robin Powell
Aug 25, 20244 min read
Style drift — a lesser-known downside of using active funds
One of the downsides of using actively managed fund is what's called style drift. It's a widespread phenomenon, and, unless you're...
Robin Powell
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Should you go all in on equities?
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Robin Powell
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Financial advertising can seriously harm your wealth
It’s hard to escape financial advertising. The biggest brands seem to get their name all over the place, from the side of taxi cabs to...
Robin Powell
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Why do active managers struggle to replicate past success?
In evaluating fund performance, it's extremely hard to distinguish genuine, repeatable skill from random chance. Investors are constantly...
Robin Powell
Aug 16, 20242 min read
Don't take investment advice from politicians
Investing is a classic example of an activity which everyone seems keen to give an opinion on. The problem is that everyone has their own...
Robin Powell
Aug 14, 20242 min read
Is Vanguard a sensible option for UK investors?
Vanguard is one of the most successful fund management companies in the world. Based in Pennsylvania, it's starting to build a large...
Robin Powell
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The next NVIDIA? Don't waste your time looking
There can’t be many equity investors who haven’t dreamed of picking the next Google, Amazon or NVIDIA. If you buy into a stock like that...
Robin Powell
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The cost of not owning the Magnificent Seven stocks
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Robin Powell
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How to outperform major university endowments
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Robin Powell
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How hard is it to pick a megastock in advance?
There can’t be many equity investors who haven’t dreamed of picking the next so-called megastock — a stock like Google, Amazon, Microsoft...
Robin Powell
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Stock trading can be addictive
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Robin Powell
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The rules of sound investing are counter-intuitive
Why do so many people find investing hard? It’s often because the rules of sound investing run counter to what we’ve learned elsewhere in...
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