My final investment message for 2024 … It’s been another rewarding year in the financial markets. The chart below shows returns in 2024-to-date, by asset class. My own portfolio was diversified across these assets and returned a blended 26% this...
And what’s MUCH better …. If you follow the markets bulletin on the news, the first thing they show is how the FTSE100 did. Like the rolling ticker on Sky News which updates us on the the FTSE every other minute. As a reminder, the FTSE100 is an index...
And it could have been much more .. One of my Investment Academy graduates just shared with me a fascinating story about somebody’s investment portfolio (story linked below). It was about Samantha who had started investing a regular £25 per month. Now, almost...
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...
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...