Weekend reading: Shock and poor
What caught my eye this week. Last week we debated the Mini Budget on Monevator in a couple of excellent…
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Don’t currency hedge your equity portfolio
Don’t bother currency hedging your equity portfolio. Especially not if you live in the UK. It’s what old-timers call a…
Don’t miss our new guide to passive investing
I know how hard it is to turn your head away from the economic and political car crash news. Trust…
Weekend reading: I wouldn’t start from here if I were you
What caught my eye this week. There is a great discussion going on in the comments to yesterday’s mini budget…
Push me pull you with the 2022 Mini Budget
A barely-known Prime Minister, a mysterious chancellor – and a plan with the feel of a 1980s fancy dress party. It’s…
The cheapest stocks and shares ISA on the market
What is the cheapest stocks and shares ISA available? Answering this question used to involve a switcheroo only slightly less…
Weekend reading: the upside of our high inflation
What caught my eye this week. A few months ago I wrote about stress testing your mortgage ahead of higher…
Expected returns: Estimates for your investment planning
Understanding your future expected returns is an important part of your investment plan. Your expected return is the average annual…
Weekend reading: how to get time on your side
What caught my eye this week. Time is something you can never have enough of when you’re compounding your way…
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Fixing your financial posture
Sooner than I’d like to think about, I’ll be 50-years-old. Yikes. I was in my mid-30s when I wrote my…
Passive vs active investing: why passive wins
We might as well be upfront: the passive vs active investing debate isn’t much of an argument. On one side…
Weekend reading: Ideas to change the world
What caught my eye this week. There hasn’t been much to cheer about recently, so I especially enjoyed Vanguard’s new…
The hosepipe ban approach to making big savings
Every year seems weird these days. Maybe it’s all down to the coming singularity. Certainly 2022’s quadruple whammy of war,…
SPIVA: the evidence against active funds
The chief attraction of active fund management is the prospect that these investing superstars can beat the market for you.…
Weekend reading: the office as a 21st century poorhouse
What caught my eye this week. Are your staff still refusing to return to the office for daily time-saving stand-up…
Pros and cons of being wealthy
You want to be rich. Perhaps very wealthy indeed. Who wouldn’t? Debating the pros and cons of being wealthy seems…
Early retirees: what would make you go back to work?
A wave of early retirees are fuelling wage inflation according to Dame Sharon White, the boss of John Lewis. The…
Weekend reading: Tell us your FIRE-side stories
What caught my eye this week. One of the most popular posts we’ve ever run on Monevator was my co-blogger…
Reality bites for private company funding
You always need a tough constitution for angel investing and crowdfunding. But in 2022 private company funding and valuation is…
ETFs vs index funds: What are the key differences?
Should you choose an ETF or an index fund? What features really matter? In this post, we’ll help you cut…
Weekend reading: Inflation starts to cool even as we feel the heat
What caught my eye this week. Afternoon everyone, how are you finding the heatwave? Portent of doom? Chance for a…
Why you don’t really need to worry about your credit score when applying for a credit card
In my early 20s I was a debit card kind of guy. I’d save what I could, and frowned at…
Bear market recovery: how long does it really take?
How long does it take equities to recover from a bear market? By that I mean not just how long…
Weekend reading: Something In the Way
What caught my eye this week. Families respond to tragedy and upheaval in different ways. Histrionics. Denial. A chance to…
Historical UK house prices
Everyone says our homes cost too much to buy. But few look deeply into historical UK house prices for context.…
CAPE ratio by country: how to find and use global stock valuation data
When people you meet on the internet confidently declare that markets are over/under/fairly valued, they’re either going with their gut,…
Weekend reading: Still crazy after all of these years
What caught my eye this week. I often fret that we don’t bang the drum enough for passive investing on…
Our updated guide to help you find the best online broker
Okay UK investors, after taking the pain of creating a whopping great broker comparison table, we’ve once again returned to…
Weekend reading: Where are all the workers?
What caught my eye this week. Britain has a problem with its workers. No, I’m not only thinking about the…
Higher interest rates haven’t (yet) derailed my mortgage strategy
The evidence is mounting that 2022 has seen a regime change for interest rates. Quantitative tightening (QT) is the new…