Month: January 2020

Five Tips To Avoid Getting Hosed By Your Workplace Pension Provider

Say what you want about this wonderful government of ours, but when it comes to workplace pension schemes, it certainly has been on the ball. The mandatory enrolment, minimum employer contributions and generous tax breaks make UK pension schemes an incredibly effective wealth-building tool.  It certainly leaves its US sibling, the 401(k), in the dust. …

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The Not So Silly Things Active Investors Say

Hard truths that will knock you out

Not too long ago, I published the “Silly Things Active Stock Market Investors Say” post.   In it, I recounted some of the most popular excuses explanations people make when they try to justify an active investment strategy. As expected, few of the popular excuses stand up to scrutiny.  Low-cost, passive index trackers continue to outperform …

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The World Is A Scary Place… Now Give Me Your Money

Scared? Now give me your money!

If you read my 2019 recap post, you will have seen the chart below: It ain’t pretty out there! On the x-axis, it plots “Armageddon” stock market predictions made by famous economists, investors and media personalities over the past ten years. The word “Armageddon” is intentional.  It denotes the kind of dire prediction whereby stock …

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Look Mom No Hands: Simple Tricks To Build Wealth You Thought Were Impossible

Look mom no hands

When you are just starting out to build wealth, the process is usually quite boring.  It takes a fair bit of time to build up a sizable enough nest egg for the magic of compound interest to kick in. But as time goes on, your money does more and more of the heavy lifting – …

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