Defensive asset allocation and model portfolios
What should your defensive asset allocation look like? How do the fixed income asset classes and bond sub-asset classes fit…
How an offset mortgage can help you achieve financial freedom
This article on using an offset mortgage comes courtesy of Planalyst from Team Monevator. Check back every Monday for more…
Weekend reading: Heads you win
What caught my eye this week. Finally my co-blogger The Accumulator has won the acclaim he so richly deserves. No,…
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Beating inflation versus hedging against inflation
Signs of higher inflation abound. Beating inflation to preserve spending power is therefore high in many investors’ minds. Bank of…
How to manage multiple portfolios
Many in the Monevator community ask about how to manage multiple portfolios, especially as part of a single family household.…
Can dogs and financial independence go together?
This article exploring dogs and financial independence is by The Mr & Mrs from Team Monevator. Check back every Monday…
Weekend reading: The sci-fi stock market
What caught my eye this week. The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead…
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Managing an investment portfolio: how to keep it on track
This post is for anyone who wants to manage their own investment portfolio and needs to know how to keep…
Learning Cantonese and learning investing? Same difference
This article on learning Cantonese and investing comes courtesy of Budgets and Beverages from Team Monevator. Check back every Monday…
Weekend reading: A tale of two markets – US versus UK shares
What caught my eye this week. Every time a US financial pundit talks about the long bull market or sky-high…
Our updated guide to help you find the best online broker
Okay, UK investors, after taking the pain of creating a whopping great comparison guide to the UK’s leading online brokers,…
How to earn free cash by switching bank account
This piece on why you should consider switching bank account is by The Treasurer from Team Monevator. Check back every…
Weekend reading: Meet Mr Average
What caught my eye this week. Have you ever described yourself as just another average kind of personal finance blog-reading…
Are you childish about money? The origins of our money mindsets
Covid restrictions were easing, and I was mildly thrilled to be in the garden of some dear friends – a…
Best bond funds and bond ETFs
Global bond markets are even bigger and deeper than the world’s stock exchanges so how on Earth do you choose…
Weekend reading: Do it yourself investing
I would struggle to pick my favourite Morgan Housel article – I was already a fan back in his Motley…
Investing for beginners: Risk, returns, time, and diversification
One of the most critical factors when considering risks and rewards in investing is time. Some investments look great over…
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Are bonds a good investment in 2021?
Given current economic conditions, are bonds a good investment right now? The dilemma was summed up by one Monevator reader…
Weekend reading: A post-Covid return to normality or time to rethink it?
Whisper it, but it does seem like the long shadow of Covid may at last be retreating in the UK.…
Never ever respond to a cold call
Whenever you receive a cold call, an unsolicited marketing email, or an offer from a company you’ve never done business…
Vanguard LifeStrategy funds review
The Vanguard LifeStrategy funds are ideal for anyone who wants to invest their money but not a huge amount of…
Weekend reading: And the little one said, rollover
What caught my eye this week. Five years flies by when your country is shooting itself in the foot, the…
Why you might be your own diamond of a dream tenant
Getting a dream tenant for their buy-to-let is, well, the dream of most landlords. A tenant who pays on time,…
Accounting for big expenses and depreciation in your FIRE budget
Knowing how much you need to live on is key to achieving financial independence (FI). But a common mistake is…
Weekend reading: Diversified reading
What caught my eye this week. I noticed as I compiled today’s links that I’ve a new favourite investing blog.…
Do you have an investing edge?
A seemingly doomed games retailer sees its shares rise 20-fold and makes headlines around the world on the back of…
Irish ETFs: post-Brexit CDI switch
Know the difference between a CDI, CREST, and a SNAFU? Ever paid much attention to how your investment platform settles…
Weekend reading: Vaccinated
What caught my eye this week. I got the call to be vaccinated against Covid this week. I admit that…
Lars Kroijer on…dividend stocks, emerging and small cap trackers, and cash
I am super happy to welcome back Lars Kroijer for another investing Q&A. This is a collaboration between Monevator and…
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Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE): my journey from first steps to leaving work
I achieved financial independence in seven years and retired early six months after that. Documented the journey, too. From initial…