Here comes summer
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Annapurna circuit
Tahiti catamaran charter
Bootcamp art workshop in Provence
Riding in Montana
Beat the kids at their own game: villa in Ibiza
Le Mans Classic – drive, don’t spectate
Learn to kitesurf in Egypt
Volunteer in daycare in Nairobi
Because I could
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Just one thing about pensions
You owe how much??
Cue the semantic debate?
Supermarket Income REIT
On Golden Pond
Yes, but...
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The single biggest error
The second biggest error
Morgan Stanley and the 10% correction
Speed dating (with JP Morgan)
Are annuities worth it?
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Are annuities worth it? (And other questions)
Two governments, left of centre
Reality of drawdown
Working hard?
The infinity return calculation
The yield has climbed to 10%
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The client who got 10%
And another client who emailed yesterday
How systemic risk drives a tank through total return strategies
An authoritative voice on the fallacy of using Monte Carlo analysis for retirement income
Tale from the far side – one person’s personal summary of his retirement life
Hello RON, got a new motor
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How can you lose $430,000,000,000 and not get fired?
Mortgage? Try this for size - $1 trillion interest only
How to create a small fortune
Delete the pension app
I want a sheep
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“I’d rather have a sheep than a Rolex”
Is £500,000 enough to retire on?
Tech rampant
Same toys, different prices
Here she comes, just a-walking down the street
Winning the Losers’ Game
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Winning the Losers’ Game
It might not say so on the tin but…
Big, bigger, biggest
China and gold – who knew?
Comparative returns
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Comparative returns
Charlie Munger’s Almanack
Where DIY investors get stuck
In the FT
How many of these have you got?
Teach your children well
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Teach your children well
You think you know us?
The really very obvious investment (that stumbled)
Remember 1996?
Why we don’t recommend total return investing for drawdown.
Tonto good for tracking, not for income
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Currencies will turn investment stats upside down
“If I had a million dollars….”
Why fixed income won’t work for long term retirement
What trackers are not particularly good at
How to make retirement less scary
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Debt – hitting countries not people
Monte Carlo or Bust – trouble with random stats
Does my company look big in this?
Chancery Lane in the Financial Times
When was the last time?
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Lucky vs repeatable
Trouble at the EV offices
Ros Altmann – Baroness – and the trouble with trusts
I had an interesting conversation with my three-year-old granddaughter about a bear that is really called Winnie the Pooh (you can fill in the gaps)
Standard deviation and Sortino Ratios in portfolio comparisons
Apocalypse du jour
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5 years annual returns of major hedge funds
Crunch data: today’s annuity vs investment trust
When should you move your DC scheme?
Starting drawdown – the tax pitfall
What’s the score with Fisher?
God bless America!
Avoiding shenanigans
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Saying ‘No’
Shenanigans
ESG – who’s the war-monger?
Jolly hockey sticks
In the technical part of the income market
How to gift to married children and keep it in the family
Target date funds: a technical note
Don't make the 4% error
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How was the 4% Rule calculated?
How not to get lost
Don’t drive your lifetime savings without accurate navigation
Hey Uncle Sam, slow down there a minute
Retirement – how much money do you need?
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The new tax rates and allowances
The student loan interest rates and income thresholds
What is S&P talking about? Active v passive
Cool runnings?
Transitional certificates
Investment maths – 51.5p share price, 34.4% discount
Leave me alone Mrs Vanderbilt…
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Is cheaper better in investments?
What are you expecting?
It’s not just you – the proof
Chapter 5 – your retirement
This is the new Key Chart
Money why women should be in charge
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We have a huge amount of respect for Christine Lagarde
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit…
Investing in reverse
Remember Harry Patch
What a discretionary portfolio looks like – and what they charge you. Or, this is what Consumer Duty is all about.
Valuations and hot air
“I need a pension of £60k per year, I’ve got £90k in my pension”
Pay rises in 2023 – what’s in your wallet?
Only living boy
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Buy your pension at a discount
The maths is simple
Putting the jigsaw pieces together – use the data, not the crystal ball
Recycling your ISA – don’t forget it
Are you wealthy? How do you rate?