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WHY YOU SHOULD OUTSOURCE YOUR INVESTMENTS

September 27, 2022

If you’re anything like most investors, both these things will be true: You
spend almost 100x as much time watching TV than you do on

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DO DIY INVESTORS UNDERPERFORM?

August 17, 2022

Hands up those of you who bought growth stocks in the recent selloff. OK, my
hand’s up too. I know this is a blog about

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HOW TO CHOOSE A FINANCIAL ADVISER

August 3, 2022

“After I spoke to my financial adviser I slept like a baby. I woke up every hour
and cried.” Finding a financial adviser – one

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THE 8 REASONS TO HIRE A FINANCIAL ADVISER

July 15, 2022

The last post was all about whether or not financial advisers were able to help
improve the performance of your investment portfolio. But a good

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DO FINANCIAL ADVISERS ADD ALPHA?

July 6, 2022

People hire financial advisers for all sorts of reasons. They can sort out your
tax planning, estate planning, retirement planning, and all kinds of other

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY: PART 2

June 29, 2022

My last post told the story of how I was recently contacted by a sophisticated
investor, who was wondering how they should be applying Modern

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY: PART 1

June 23, 2022

I was recently contacted by a sophisticated investor who asked how I’d apply
Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) to their asset allocation process. They already
had

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AVC PENSION GUIDE

June 7, 2022

One of the great things about running an investing blog is receiving questions
from readers. Helping out readers is not only rewarding, but it’s also

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THE BEST INVESTING BLOGS

May 31, 2022

Following on from my article on ‘The best investing books for beginners’, I’ve
compiled a list of what I consider to be the best investing

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SSAS PENSION GUIDE

May 24, 2022

This week I thought I’d give some love to another type of pension scheme which
tends to fly under the radar – alongside the AVC

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HOW TO CREATE AN INVESTMENT POLICY STATEMENT

May 17, 2022

My last post was all about why you should consider crafting an Investment Policy
Statement (IPS). Here, I’ll show you how to create an IPS,

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WHY YOU NEED AN INVESTMENT POLICY STATEMENT

May 10, 2022

People have been creating investment plans for a long time. It looks like the
first on record dates back roughly 4,000 years ago, and was

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HOW TO FAIL AT INVESTING

May 3, 2022

There are an almost infinite number of ways to succeed at investing. If success
is ending up with a portfolio large enough to meet your

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HOW MANY ISAS CAN I HAVE?

April 26, 2022

I tend to receive a smattering of ISA questions throughout the year, then a
deluge of them leading up to the tax year-end in April.

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WHO WANTS TO BE AN ISA MILLIONAIRE?

April 20, 2022

With the ISA deadline having just passed, I’ve been getting more than a few
ISA-related questions coming into my inbox. So I thought I’d put

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