Intel & Insights
Investing vs Trading
One word explains the difference: RETURNS Trading With trading, your success rate is 50% at best. Basically, a coin toss. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Don’t just take my word for it. In the UK, by law, every trading platform has to display a “wealth...
Super-Compounding
Super-Compounding sounds like a grand concept, right?. I promise it's super-simple. All you need are the 3 steps I've laid out below. When all 3 are used together the result is massively powerful - You will not believe how your wealth will super-compound to achieve...
Penny Pinching, Pound Foolish
It never ceases to amaze me how enthusiastic Martin Lewis (MoneySavingExpert guy) gets about saving 50p at Greggs ... or the latest bargain at Lidl. Don't get me wrong, I like Lidl (keep that to yourself) but there are far bigger, life-changing deals available. Like...
Follow the Evidence not the Stories (or Commentators) …
Headlines like the above are commonplace in both traditional and social media. Commentators and "gurus" also try to create their own stories and predictions. No wonder investors are often confused and uncertain. The reality of investing is far simpler, as this...
We’re Getting Ripped off! Hedge Yourself ..
In the UK we know about getting ripped off. And now it's confirmed by the below! See the price of a Starbucks coffee globally ... Inflation has caused a sharp increase in the price all products around the world, not just coffee. In the UK it seems we get clobbered...
Investment Mistakes, Easily Avoided
When investing, if all you do is get average returns (historical stockmarket average is 8-10% pa) and avoid common mistakes, your portfolio will compound very handsomely over the long term. If you try to shoot the lights out with every investment you make, you'll also...
Easy Ways to Make Gains; Low Hanging Fruit
Making great returns can be hard or super simple – which do you prefer? 😊 In fact, you can make £ tens of thousands - before your investments even start working for you. How? By evaluating how your existing investments and pensions are doing and knowing the fees...
False Beliefs are Costly
Here’s a very short article about misconceptions. Have you ever held a belief which proved to be untrue? I used to believe the Great Wall of China was visible from space until my kids debunked that myth! Another common myth is that stock-markets are risky or...
Shares BENEFIT from inflation – how you can too
We should think of shares as a hedge against our ever-rising cost of living. Remember, as a shareholder, you are PART-OWNER of a company. From when inflation started to accelerate in 2020, the S&P 500 in the US gained 56%, whilst Global Equities rose 41%. That...
3 Strategies for Solid Income Whilst Awaiting a Market Recovery
All bear markets have different causes. But they have one thing in common: a total and complete recovery - every single time. Before rebounding to even higher levels. You don't need to wait for a rebound before jumping in. Right now, my investors and I are...