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How much passive investing is too much?
Warnings that index funds have broken the stock market all imply a threshold: a share of the market at which price discovery fails. Nobody making the argument names it. Owen Lamont, writing in the Financial Analysts Journal, argues that no such number exists short of complete passive ownership, and that what actually determines whether prices stay informative is who is left doing the trading. His case, the strongest peer-reviewed research against it, and what the performance
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Investors look for patterns that don't exist
Perhaps you never believed in the man on the moon. But you may well have thought, at some stage, that you saw the shape of an animal in a...
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Traders compete with invisible opponents
Trading stocks has become hugely popular, but it’s rarely a fair fight. The reality is, traders' opponents are often professionals with...
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Introducing our new portfolio review service for professionals
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Diverify, diversify, diversify
I once had the privilege of doing an interview with the Nobel Prize-winning economist William Sharpe at his California home, in which we...
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The power of doing nothing
There are many reasons why we’re extremely fortunate to live in a wealthy country like the UK in the 21st century. One of the biggest is...
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DIY financial advice is a big risk
When you read a book like How to Fund the Life You Want, or Mark Hebner's Index Funds: The 12-Step Program for Active Investors, it can be tempting to try to manage your investments on your own. But is it a good idea? True, Index Funds is an extraordinary book. It equips you with all the information you need on the best way to invest. But it's one thing to have the knowledge you require, and quite another to put that knowledge into practice on an ongoing basis. The main rea
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Investment perfection doesn't exist
If there’s one personality trait I wish I didn’t have, it’s a tendency towards perfectionism. OK, it comes with a few upsides....
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How to think like a scientist
There is more information at our disposal than ever before. It’s available within seconds and with just a few clicks or taps on a screen....
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Channel your inner Mr Spock
If you ever watched Star Trek as a child you will doubtless recall Mr Spock. Famously portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the original series...
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Jul 1, 20241 min read
Do you need to adjust your expectations?
It’s human nature to want to get the very most out of life, but it’s inevitable that some things don’t turn out as we would have liked...
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Three takeaways from the work of Eugene Fama
Eugene Fama is a Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences and is often referred to as the father of modern finance. But if it weren't for a...
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Five financial wellbeing tips everyone should follow
A common misconception is that it’s only really those on lower incomes who worry about money. But people right across the wealth spectrum...
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Jun 24, 20241 min read
Decumulation is where the greatest danger lies
People tend to focus on the accumulation phase of investing. But the decumulation phase, when you’re spending down your assets, is often...
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Jun 21, 20242 min read
Six lessons from Thinking Fast and Slow
Tributes have been paid by academics around the world for Daniel Kahneman , the Israeli-American psychologist and one of the pioneers of...
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Jun 19, 20241 min read
What will your legacy be?
“If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.” Maya Angelou One of the greatest sadnesses in...
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Five mathematical principles for investors to grasp
Don’t have a mathematical brain? The good news is, help is at hand. The level of numerical sophistication you require to handle your...
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Don't be seduced by the next big idea
By ROBIN POWELL Reading the money pages in the weekend newspapers can be quite intoxicating. Most weekends there are articles about the...
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Jun 14, 20242 min read
If Sir Isaac Newton succumbed to speculation, you can too
People love to speculate. Polls have consistently shown that about 50% of American adults report buying a lottery ticket in the previous...
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Seven types of wealth money has nothing to do with
When we think about wealth, we invariably think about money. That’s how we’ve been conditioned. Society tends to view financial success...
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Always insist on robust data analysis
By ROBIN POWELL A question I'm often asked is, what exactly do we mean by evidence-based investing? After all, “evidence” can be used to...
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