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.
MoneySuperMarket spent decades telling people where to find the cheapest deal. Now it sells its own investment platform, pitched as low-cost and compared, for once, by the company doing the selling. The funds are sensibly chosen. But is 0.34 per cent a year really low, and is a comparison run by the seller one to trust? A look at the fee, the pot-size trap and the comparison the comparison site left out.
Robin Powell
Jul 228 min read
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