Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase evidence-based #Investing and don't know what it means.. Or read about it and wondered how you can actually invest in an evidence-based way. The latest @investing_show is designed for you. 👉 shorturl.at/vruYk #EvidenceInvesting

As French mathematician Louis Bachelier famously wrote in his 1900 thesis Théorie de la Spéculation, “the expectation of the speculator is zero.” In other words, if you place an active bet on a particular security, sector or asset class, you should not expect to win. In fact,…

Independent financial advice and holistic financial planning are extremely valuable. But they’ve become the preserve of only the very wealthiest. Financial regulators need to reduce the regulatory burden on small IFAs to help them serve a much wider range of people.…

I’ve seen many explanations over the years as to why paying for active management is a waste of money. This from Wes Crill at Dimensional Fund Advisors has to be one of the best 👇 #Investing #EvidenceInvesting

Whatever the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election, don't be tempted to meddle with your investment portfolio. As this ten-minute video explains, the financial markets are very hard to outguess.. and the next few days will be no different. Current market prices contain ALL…

Everyone's talking about active ETFs, but is it worth buying one? As my latest article for @rockwealthUK explains, it's all about what you're looking for. Do you mainly want the excitement of having a flutter? Or is the priority to maximise your chances of a successful outcome?…

Actively managed ETFs are hot hot hot 🔥.. Global assets under management have passed $1 TRILLION. But, how likely is it that the fund you pick today will have outperformed the index five years from now? More to the point, though, will it even exist? Nearly half of active…

One of the reasons why most investors receive substantially lower returns than they should is that the rules of successful investing are so counter-intuitive. In most areas of life, the harder you work and the more sophisticated your strategy is, the better you will do. And,…

In his book Trillions, @RobinWigg explains why, in his view, John “Mac” McQuown was the prime mover behind the invention of index funds. McQuown, who died last week at the age of 90, realised more than anyone in the 1960s that a more scientific approach to investing was the…

John "Mac" McQuown had a vision for a new kind of investing — not based on speculation or trying to predict the future, but on peer-reviewed data and academic evidence. As @mark_hebner explains, he played a pivotal role in changing the industry for every, and helping to improve…

John “Mac” McQuown had a vision for a new type of investing based on data and academic evidence. It helped to spark a revolution that enabled millions of people around the world to invest with confidence — and retire earlier and wealthier than they otherwise would. As…

John “Mac” McQuown had a vision for a new type of investing based on data and academic evidence. It helped to spark a revolution that enabled millions of people around the world to invest with confidence — and retire earlier and wealthier than they otherwise would. As…

As Jack Bogle once wrote, "the miracle of compounding returns is overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs" 😖

Many of us struggle to imagine our future selves and save and invest accordingly. Behavioural finance provides several explanations: 📌 Present bias and hyperbolic discounting lead us to prioritise immediate rewards, making saving difficult. 📌 Loss aversion and perceived risk…

Market commentators can always find reasons to caution against investing in America. The US stock market is certainly valued higher than those in the UK and Europe, and higher prices mean lower expected returns. There's also the dominance of big tech companies like NVIDIA,…

“If there was a true father of passive investing then it was (him),” writes @RobinWigg of the self-styled “data dog” John ‘Mac’ McQuown, who has died at the age of 90. McQuown it was who not only had the vision for the first index fund for institutional investors.. but who also…

Villa were mid-table in the Championship six years ago.. None of us expected this 😳 It's another reminder that predicting the future is extremely hard. Just embrace uncertainty and enjoy the ride! #AVFC #Stocks #Markets #Investing

Professional and retail investors are becoming increasingly familiar with the ongoing SPIVA scorecard produced by @SPDJIndices It shows us, time and again, that active funds underperform for most of the time, and that very few of them outperform the appropriate benchmark over…

The average retiree will have saved tens of thousands of pounds in fees over their lifetime, and probably the same again in returns, because of what the likes of John did in their lifetime. RIP

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It’s very unlikely, over any 20-year period, that an investor who DOES NOTHING apart from just staying invested in a globally diversified portfolio, will lose money. Indeed they may well double or even treble it. It couldn't be more simple.. But isn't easy. Why? Because we…