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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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How important is it to have a financial plan?
Getting Started is our video series aimed at first-time investors, featuring JONATHAN HOLLOW. This time we look at how instrumental a...
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Sep 21, 20231 min read
Why do so many sports stars go broke?
What do Mike Tyson, Boris Becker and John Barnes have in common? Yes, all were very highly paid sports stars in the late 1980s and early...
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Sep 20, 20232 min read
Ikigai author Héctor García on life lessons from Japan
Robin writes: We may think that the world is becoming more and more uniform, and that people’s lives everywhere are converging. Even if...
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Sep 19, 202319 min read
Three big investing mistakes to avoid
Successful investing is as much about avoiding mistakes as anything else. In this video, investment journalist MOIRA O'NEILL tells ROBIN...
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Sep 18, 20232 min read
Financial planning for everyone
Robin writes: I believe in financial planning for everyone. Currently, only a small percentage of UK adults have a financial plan, or a financial planner they can turn to when they need assistance. I want to change that. In my view, we should all have a plan, and access to a professional planner, regardless of our wealth or circumstances. Why do so few people have a financial plan? Why, then, don't more people have a financial plan in place? Well, it’s complicated. But the fi
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Sep 15, 20233 min read
How to choose the right financial adviser for you
In this latest video in our Getting Started series for first-time investors, JONATHAN HOLLOW takes us through the process you can take...
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Sep 14, 20232 min read
Property or pension — which is the better investment?
Robin writes: Property or pension? From a purely financial point of view, which is likely to provide the highest return? That’s the topic...
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Sep 12, 20238 min read
ESG investing – what exactly is it?
ESG investing has become very popular in recent years, but what exactly is it? And what is the best way to go about it? In this video,...
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Sep 11, 20233 min read
What can we learn from David Swensen?
Robin writes: When I first heard about the growth of index investing in the United States 12 years ago,I decided there were five key...
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Sep 8, 20232 min read
Do investors need the assistance of a financial adviser?
Getting Started is our video series aimed at first-time investors, featuring JONATHAN HOLLOW. This time, we ask: do investors really...
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Sep 7, 20232 min read
LTCM: Have we learned the lessons from its collapse?
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." — Winston Churchill One of the most dramatic financial collapses in...
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Sep 6, 20232 min read
Which withdrawal strategy is best for your retirement savings?
Once they retire, people need to think carefully about how to make their retirement savings last. Taking too much out of your portfolio...
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Sep 4, 20232 min read
When markets tumble, what should you do?
In this video from our Getting Started series in which JONATHAN HOLLOW answers the common questions faced by first-time investors, we...
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Aug 31, 20231 min read
The economics of fund management explained
Robin writes: Asset management is a huge and extremely influential industry. It manages around $100 trillion in assets globally. Yet the...
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Aug 30, 20239 min read
Is it worth writing a book?
Robin writes: Every serious author will tell you that it's a huge commitment. But is it worth writing a book? Put it this way: to quote...
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Aug 29, 20231 min read
Are you missing out on emerging markets?
Emerging markets tend to be more volatile than developed markets. But they offer diversification and the potential for higher returns....
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Aug 28, 20232 min read
Second Lives: Living the dream as a Master of Wine
Robin writes: When we travel, many of us are captivated by the culture and landscape of foreign countries, and dream about really getting...
Robin Powell
Aug 25, 202319 min read
How good is the ARK Innovation ETF?
The ARK Innovation ETF is one of the talked-about funds in the world. It’s a flagship fund managed by Cathie Wood from ARK Invest and...
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Aug 24, 20231 min read
Is it worth investing in actively managed funds?
Getting Started is our video series aimed at first-time investors, featuring JONATHAN HOLLOW. This time, we look at whether it is worth...
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Aug 24, 20231 min read
£20 off tickets for The FTWeekend Festival for TEBI readers
Robin writes: If you fancy a day out that will also stretch your mind, I wonder if I can interest you in the FTWeekend Festival in London...
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Aug 22, 20231 min read
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