
Money is stored energy
Money is power, as anyone who has watched The Godfather or read an expose of the shadowy interaction between oligarchs…
Money is power, as anyone who has watched The Godfather or read an expose of the shadowy interaction between oligarchs…
Before we get into the sexy sounding business of dynamic asset allocation, a quick mid-series recap. You’ll remember from my…
What caught my eye this week. Bit of a higgledy-piggledy digest this Saturday, which is right in keeping with a…
Living off your investments is the ultimate goal of financial independence (FI) and the trickiest part to get right. This…
What caught my eye this week. I sold a six-figure shareholding last week for a phenomenal capital gain – over…
Okay, UK investors, after taking the pain of creating a whopping great comparison guide to the UK’s leading online brokers,…
As the tax deadline looms, it’s time to worry about capital gains tax on shares again. Capital gains tax (CGT)…
What caught my eye this week. Perhaps if it was known as the Bengen rule, William Bengen would be more…
Time travel back a decade thanks to some comic mishap with Dr Who, and the idea of owning Bitcoin in…
Are you an unwitting tax evader? I only ask because quite a few investors seem unaware that fund accumulation units…
Investment funds of the Unit Trust and OEIC persuasion generally come in two flavours. There’s the good old-fashioned income flavour,…
What caught my eye this week. I enjoyed Ben Carlson’s response to the GameStop ferment this week. He could have…
Financial regulators exist to stop anyone ever losing any money and to protect us from ourselves, right? Many people seem…
Like other solitary human endeavours, the road to financial independence (FI) is long and daunting. The perfect conditions for demons…
What caught my eye this week. Should the average Monevator reader – likely a passive investor – give two basis…
Like many naughty amateur active investors who should know better, I watched the movie The Big Short with popcorn, envy,…
Have you ever received a measly CPI-adjusted wage rise and felt like the headline inflation rate bears as much relation…
What caught my eye this week. I enjoyed Indeedably’s post this week about his self-imposed silence on hitting a major…
This guest article on the impact of the Covid-19 vaccine is by Lars Kroijer, a regular contributor to Monevator. When the…
The only equity allocation you really need is a global tracker fund, as ex-hedge fund manager Lars Kroijer has previously…
Flat-fee platform Interactive Investor looks set to gobble up rival platform EQi. It’s just the latest in a Hungry Hippos…
What caught my eye this week. We’re nearly a year into Covid in the UK. The novelty has long worn…
From our coverage of sector and thematic ETFs, you may think we doubt the value of these exotic and expensive…
Monevator reader Anna sent us a common question about investing in particular sectors of the stock market: How should one…
What caught my eye this week. Back in March 2020, I got more than a dozen texts and emails from…
What a difference three vaccines, a trade deal, and the imminent eviction of a narcissistic would-be despot can make! For…
Well so long 2020. You have been the weirdest year of my life, and 2021 is really going have to…
What caught my eye this week. Happy Near Year! I hope you spent your New Year’s Eve in a Covid-proof…