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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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Should you buy an active Vanguard fund?
A question I’m often asked is, “Should I buy an active Vanguard fund?” Of course, low-cost funds are absolutely the way to go. Generally...
Robin Powell
Oct 22, 20203 min read
Does carry trading work?
Active money managers use all sorts of trading strategies to try to boost their returns. One such strategy is carry trading. A carry...
Robin Powell
Oct 22, 20206 min read
The key to controlling your spending
CARL RICHARDS is an expert on money-related behaviour and on how to avoid the costly mistakes that people commonly make. In this series,...
Robin Powell
Oct 21, 20203 min read
A little knowledge can be dangerous
By JONATHAN CLEMENTS To manage our money better, often we don’t need to know more. Instead, we need to unlearn what we think we already...
Robin Powell
Oct 20, 20203 min read
How to protect your pension from scammers
By LESLEY GREGORY Nearly £31 million of pension money has been lost to scammers since 2017 and there are fears that scams are on the...
Robin Powell
Oct 20, 20203 min read
An investment lesson from the US election
It has been said many times in the lead up to the US election how polarised American politics has become. Democrats and Republicans...
Robin Powell
Oct 19, 20203 min read
No one consistently picks the winners in advance
A new study highlights two main reasons why financial professionals recommend the funds they do. As ROBIN POWELL explains, neither of...
Robin Powell
Oct 18, 20204 min read
Unique insight or common knowledge?
It was the new millennium, and Debbie was thrilled to hear that Harry Dent was coming to town to give a lecture at the local high school....
Robin Powell
Oct 16, 20205 min read
Four financial priorities for young adults
The “Millennials” are growing up. Now aged between 20 and 39, this is no longer a generation of lavish spenders and starving artists....
Robin Powell
Oct 15, 20203 min read
Spend on things you love
Money is a means to an end, not an end in itself. You shouldn’t save and invest for its own sake; you should do it to fund the life you...
Robin Powell
Oct 14, 20204 min read
Making sense of gold
Gold has been making the headlines again, recently hitting record highs and attracting attention even from the likes of Warren Buffett....
Robin Powell
Oct 13, 20205 min read
What good investing and winemaking have in common
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY What makes a great wine? Ask a wine drinker and they’ll say bouquet and drinkability. Ask a winemaker and they’ll...
Robin Powell
Oct 12, 20202 min read
Three reasons why the index advantage will persist
By CRAIG LAZZARA The author is Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices. We recently...
Robin Powell
Oct 10, 20203 min read
What investors can learn from Moneyball
In 1977, Bill James self-published a book he called 1977 Baseball Abstract: Featuring 18 Categories of Statistical Information That You...
Robin Powell
Oct 9, 20205 min read
A wasted opportunity for Australia's fund managers
How have Australia's active fund managers handled the coronavirus crisis so far? PRISCILLA LUK from S&P Dow Jones Indices has been...
Robin Powell
Oct 8, 20203 min read
Why we're working with OpenMoney
Here at The Evidence-Based Investor we are fiercely protective of our editorial independence. Nor do we accept payment from advertisers....
Robin Powell
Oct 8, 20203 min read
Don't judge people based on money
We generally don’t like talking about money. But, let's face of it, most of us spend time wondering how wealthy other people are. We also...
Robin Powell
Oct 7, 20204 min read
What do ageing populations mean for your portfolio?
By NICOLAS RABENER Summary There is a negative relationship between ageing populations and stock valuations Given that most developed...
Robin Powell
Oct 6, 20206 min read
There is such a thing as too much choice
Back in 2000, two psychologists published a study about jam . Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper wanted to know what happens when you give...
Robin Powell
Oct 5, 20203 min read
Four things I'm aiming for
JONATHAN CLEMENTS is a veteran financial journalist. He spent nearly 20 years on the Wall Street Journal and has written several books...
Robin Powell
Oct 3, 20205 min read
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