An Evidence-Based Approach to Sustainable Investing Part I: Setting the Sustainable Stage
If there’s one trait most of us share, it’s a desire to make the world a better place. No wonder there’s so much interest in sustainable investing. Who wouldn’t want to try to earn decent if not stellar returns, while contributing – or at least causing less harm – to...
What You Pay, What You Get: Connecting Price and Expected Returns
It has been more than 50 years since the idea of stock prices containing all relevant information was put forth. Information might come in the form of data from a company’s financial statements, news about a new product, a change in the regulatory environment, or...
6 Ways in which Evidence-Based Investing differs from Traditional Active Investing
You probably know my beliefs about investing. Rather than playing an expensive game based on information over which we have little control, we recommend investing according to market factors that we can expect to control such as: minimising costs capturing returns...
Taxing Menu
How to get to speak to a real person at HMRC SIR – I telephoned HMRC about a tax query. I was asked the usual questions by a robot voice and was eventually told to hold and someone would be with me shortly. After 47 minutes waiting, listening to the most awful music,...
Information about Care Planning
If care is a topic you are interested in, please find below some information the specific topics discussed at June's Retirement Café. Whole of life insurance There was significant interest in the subject of insurance as a means of providing an inheritance to...
Swashbuckler Triathlon & The Dales Struggle
Kathy's half-Ironman Triathlon proved to be the most amazing experience. An incredibly challenging one, but hugely rewarding too, as Kathy says in her own words: "Wading into the Beaulieu river at 5am was the most surreal experience. I was fearful of how cold the...