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Learning to live with the ups and downs of the stock markets is an essential part of becoming a successful investor. Of course, it's not...

Recent reports suggest a possible revival for active fund managers, particularly in the US, with better performance in 2023 compared to...

Is there any meaningful relationship between high interest rates and stock returns? WES CRILL is the Senior Investment Director and Vice...

Multi-manager funds are particularly popular, and are even often billed as a "no-brainer investment" in the financial media. But what is...

By CRAIG LAZZARA Anyone even vaguely conversant with our SPIVA Scorecards will realise that most active managers underperform passive...

Robin writes: There’s a growing industry dedicated to persuading you to trade stocks. It includes not just trading apps like Robinhood,...

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...

What are the golden rules of investing? There are few people better qualified to answer that question than DAVID BOOTH. David is one of...

Self-attribution bias is the tendency to attribute success to one’s own skills and abilities while attributing failures to external...

Robin writes: There's one story dominating the financial pages in the UK right now — the changes at SJP, the country's biggest financial...

When reckoning with the sheer proliferation of funds available to invest in, many investors turn to the false notion that past...

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, particularly on social media. In this video, MOIRA...

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

We sometimes hear financial pundits describe index fund investing as settling for average. If you're happy with average returns, they...

Robin writes: The competitive spirit can be life-changing, and it is this spirit that the latest podcast in our “Second Lives” series...

There is a tendency to assume that complex problems like navigating the global financial markets require complex solutions. But simple...

In many areas of life, people can reasonably expect to pay more for a higher quality product. As LARRY BATES explains in this video...

Young people face a unique set of challenges and opportunities when it comes to managing their money. With the rise of online financial...

There are some very good investment journalists out there. But author and asset manager GLEN ARNOLD says the media can hinder investors...

Almost all of us need to invest stocks. But unfortunately, many people have a fear of the stock market. For author and behavioural...