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Trust in meeee

In this blog:

  1. Can you play tennis?

  2. How does a trust work, is it that simple and what’s the difference between the β€˜majors’?

  3. Have we reached Peak 65? Not old, β€˜older’?

  4. Look at a trust: why we love Law Debenture

  5. Fancy some crypto? How to lose your shirt, or, what they don’t tell you.

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Special, you are so special

In this blog:

  • Buffett on gold

  • The budget – will she, won’t she?

  • China and involution – bigger may be a lot more dangerous.

  • One way to retire with friends

  • Gordon Brown, and now Ms Reeves?

  • β€œPrivate credit defaults” – cockroaches? It’s US sub prime again

  • Perfect dip buying.

  • The market crash: it’s coming, read this.

  • Tariffs – things ain’t what they seem

  • Getting your head around your age

  • The bit of your wealth that’s missing.

  • Avoid the folly of the crowd

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Why men need HRT

In this blog:

1. No commission or ketchup: be a customer not the product.
2. Fidelity’s Magellan Fund, 29.2% annual return from 1977 to 1990 (from $20m to $14bn)
3. What to expect: outsourcing your key income decisions.
4. This pension paid the beneficiaries for 135 years: how long do you need yours?

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Just how bad can your provider be?

In this blog:

1. Just how bad can your provider be? From pension co to Swiss private bank
2. β€œEven God can’t beat pound/cost averaging (β€œThis is the last article you will ever need to read on market timing”)
3. β€œWe should never be so old as merely to watch games instead of playing them”. Like food? Have you ever eaten this sandwich?

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Bullworker

In this blog:

1. Ageing: from Slush Puppies to a Glenfarclas, Bluey to the Old Man and the Sea, a Bullworker to a Garmin watch – things change.
2. MSCI World, 10- year annual returns – 14.5% or 0.9% for exactly the same investment.
3. Why the FT wrote about Chancery Lane
4. The data on gold – should you?

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All the way from America: What’s the best withdrawal strategy in retirement?

In this blog:

1.    S&P500 – like Tiffany it’s expensive though is it value for money?
2.    It’s not about the money: a grown up in America
3.    The Pension Revolution: Doug Brodie & George Aliferis live on YouTube
4.    All the way from America: What’s the best withdrawal strategy in retirement?

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Forever Young

In this blog:

1.    Gulf Oil and the 500% dividend.
2.   How to leave $8m in your will.
3.   Yes, you are paying more tax.
4.   β€œForever young” – the problem with DIY investing.
5.   If Buffet and Munger were partners, how come Warren got all the wealth?
6.  You might not need us, here’s a wider used alternative.

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How to beat inflation in retirement (probably)

In this blog:

1. Are investment trusts better than tracker funds?
2. A comparison table showcasing top-performing UK investment trusts and tracker funds, detailing their total returns over 1, 5, 10 years, along with their ongoing charges.
3. People study this: What do you need to be happy in retirement? How many items in this checklist do you still need to work on? (Alternatively, have your spouse fill yours out for you).

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