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Why The Stock Market Never Truly Crashes

Why The Stock Market Never Truly Crashes

I recently stumbled upon something that seemed utterly nonsensical, shared by a popular influencer who claimed, “What goes up must come down,” particularly referring to stocks. This is complete nonsense and honestly just clickbait. The truth is quite the...
Compare Your Returns to this Benchmark

Compare Your Returns to this Benchmark

Easy Comparison Benchmark … After my recent email about the performance of managed portfolios (incl St James’s Place), some people reached out to ask how to check performance of their own managed funds. It’s actually quite simple.  Use my table below...
Two Rules to Keep out of Trouble

Two Rules to Keep out of Trouble

Remember these rules …. Warren Buffett famously said: Rule 1:  Never Lose Money Rule 2:  Never Forget Rule 1 This week, I was reminded of that by an investor who had just incurred a 100% loss. This was in a ‘FX bot’ trading scheme which advertised...
Most of our Funds are Failing

Most of our Funds are Failing

St James’s Place: A Lesson in Failure I recently did a podcast & video on how tracker funds consistently beat more expensive branded active funds – like that of St James’s Place (SJP) – links below. SJP sums up the failure of active funds...
Global Tensions: Why Aren’t Markets Selling Off?

Global Tensions: Why Aren’t Markets Selling Off?

Why So Calm? This week saw an escalation of tensions in the Middle East, with Iran getting directly involved. The world hasn’t looked this dangerous for a while.  And let’s not forget the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. So why aren’t stocks declining ?...