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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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To trade stocks is a waste of time and effort
Robin writes: There’s a growing industry dedicated to persuading you to trade stocks. It includes not just trading apps like Robinhood,...
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Nov 1, 20232 min read
The best way to invest in emerging markets
It's commonly said that investing in emerging markets is best done via an actively managed fund rather than an index fund, but is this...
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Oct 30, 20232 min read
Three golden rules of investing
What are the golden rules of investing? There are few people better qualified to answer that question than DAVID BOOTH. David is one of...
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Oct 29, 20237 min read
Luck pretending to be skill: self-attribution bias in active management
Self-attribution bias is the tendency to attribute success to one’s own skills and abilities while attributing failures to external...
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Oct 26, 20234 min read
What do the changes at SJP mean for consumers and advisers?
Robin writes: There's one story dominating the financial pages in the UK right now — the changes at SJP, the country's biggest financial...
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Oct 24, 202310 min read
An expert's view on diversification and risk
When reckoning with the sheer proliferation of funds available to invest in, many investors turn to the false notion that past...
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Oct 24, 20236 min read
Are cryptocurrencies worth the risk?
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, particularly on social media. In this video, MOIRA...
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Oct 23, 20232 min read
A watershed moment for UK financial advice
When people look back, in decades to come, at the history of financial advice, I really do believe they will view the last few days as a turning point. On the face of it, the fact that St James's Place is scrapping exit charges is hardly earth shattering. For a start, it won’t happen for another two years, and the firm has also announced an in its ongoing advice charges. But what has become very clear to me in recent days is that things are finally about to change. Where SJP
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Oct 22, 20234 min read
Settling for average? No, indexing is a winning strategy
We sometimes hear financial pundits describe index fund investing as settling for average. If you're happy with average returns, they...
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Oct 20, 20233 min read
Gym Group founder John Treharne on a life of sport and entrepreneurship
Robin writes: The competitive spirit can be life-changing, and it is this spirit that the latest podcast in our “Second Lives” series...
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Oct 19, 202315 min read
In praise of simple investing
There is a tendency to assume that complex problems like navigating the global financial markets require complex solutions. But simple...
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Oct 18, 20239 min read
How much can you trust the investment industry?
In many areas of life, people can reasonably expect to pay more for a higher quality product. As LARRY BATES explains in this video...
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Oct 16, 20232 min read
What young investors need to know
Young people face a unique set of challenges and opportunities when it comes to managing their money. With the rise of online financial...
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Oct 12, 20236 min read
Does the financial media hinder investors?
There are some very good investment journalists out there. But author and asset manager GLEN ARNOLD says the media can hinder investors...
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Oct 9, 20233 min read
Overcome your fear of the stock market
Almost all of us need to invest stocks. But unfortunately, many people have a fear of the stock market. For author and behavioural...
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Oct 6, 202312 min read
Where the Dumb Money movie falls down
By ROBIN POWELL I watched Dumb Money , the new movie about the GameStop saga, the other day. I must say I enjoyed it. But it tells us...
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Oct 2, 20231 min read
There's hope yet for St James's Place
St James's Place Wealth Management is one of Britain's most successful financial services firms. But SJP, a combined financial advice...
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Sep 30, 20233 min read
What LTCM co-founder Victor Haghani learned from its collapse
25 years ago this month, catastrophic losses at the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management, or LTCM, almost brought the entire financial...
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Sep 27, 20239 min read
Private credit has its dangers — caveat emptor
Private credit is an asset class that's very much in vogue. The global private credit market has now exceeded $1.5 trillion. Those who...
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Sep 26, 20231 min read
How do you view the stock market?
For many people, the stock market is all about speculating and making a quick profit. But, in this video, LARRY BATES, a former...
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Sep 25, 20233 min read
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