One of the big attractions of passive investing is that you don’t need to give it much thought. But that’s not to say there are no decisions to make. What level of risk? A crucial decision to address at the outset is your asset allocation. This should reflect your capacity for risk. There are passive …
How to invest passively Q&A with Robin Powell Investors are increasingly turning away from active management and choosing passive funds instead. It’s a shrewd move. Because of their lower costs, passive funds will outperform the vast majority of active funds over the long term. But it’s not as simple as choosing any old index tracker, …
With just a few weeks to go until the 2020 ISA deadline on the 5th April, the fund industry is busy persuading us how to invest our annual allowance. You have a maximum of £20,000 to put in either a stocks and shares ISA or a cash ISA, or split between the two, each financial …
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Investment risk comes in many guises, but one type of risk, in particular, came to the fore in the UK in 2019 — namely liquidity risk, or the risk of not being able to access your money when you want it. The suspension of the Woodford Equity Income fund in June, and the M&G Property …
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Six Reasons Why Passive Beats Active Investing The spectacular demise of Britain’s most famous active fund manager, Neil Woodford, has reopened the debate as to whether you’re better off using active funds or passive funds. Of course, it’s a question that can only be answered with the benefit of hindsight. Only when you come to …
