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It really is that simple
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 12/09/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 12/09/2024

It really is that simple

In this blog:

  1. Guarantee? My bond is my word

  2. Everyone’s heard of Warren Buffett – and yet the “Yes but”s

  3. Is it infinity?

  4. It's not just you

  5. Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Dundee farmers 1888

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The data and the results for the last 20 years
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 05/09/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 05/09/2024

The data and the results for the last 20 years

In this blog:

  1. The white paper

  2. Data – rolling five-year increases

  3. Taking two to tango: cutting an Apple in half

  4. Race to the bottom

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It's important
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 29/08/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 29/08/2024

It's important

In this blog:

  1. Just one thing – grow your income before you need it

  2. If you think it’s just you?

  3. And if you think it’s just Ms Reeves…

  4. Retire Well

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Here comes summer
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 01/08/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 01/08/2024

Here comes summer

In this blog:

  1. Annapurna circuit

  2. Tahiti catamaran charter

  3. Bootcamp art workshop in Provence

  4. Riding in Montana

  5. Beat the kids at their own game: villa in Ibiza

  6. Le Mans Classic – drive, don’t spectate

  7. Learn to kitesurf in Egypt

  8. Volunteer in daycare in Nairobi

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Because I could
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 25/07/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 25/07/2024

Because I could

In this blog:

  1. Just one thing about pensions

  2. You owe how much??

  3. Cue the semantic debate?

  4. Supermarket Income REIT

  5. On Golden Pond

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Yes, but...
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 18/07/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 18/07/2024

Yes, but...

In this blog:

  1. The single biggest error

  2. The second biggest error

  3. Morgan Stanley and the 10% correction

  4. Speed dating (with JP Morgan)

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Are annuities worth it?
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 10/07/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 10/07/2024

Are annuities worth it?

In this blog:

  1. Are annuities worth it? (And other questions)

  2. Two governments, left of centre

  3. Reality of drawdown

  4. Working hard?

  5. The infinity return calculation

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The yield has climbed to 10%
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 04/07/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 04/07/2024

The yield has climbed to 10%

In this blog:

  1. The client who got 10%

  2. And another client who emailed yesterday

  3. How systemic risk drives a tank through total return strategies

  4. An authoritative voice on the fallacy of using Monte Carlo analysis for retirement income

  5. Tale from the far side – one person’s personal summary of his retirement life

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Hello RON, got a new motor
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 27/06/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 27/06/2024

Hello RON, got a new motor

In this blog:

  1. How can you lose $430,000,000,000 and not get fired?

  2. Mortgage? Try this for size - $1 trillion interest only

  3. How to create a small fortune

  4. Delete the pension app

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I want a sheep
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 20/06/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 20/06/2024

I want a sheep

In this blog:

  1. “I’d rather have a sheep than a Rolex”

  2. Is £500,000 enough to retire on?

  3. Tech rampant

  4. Same toys, different prices

  5. Here she comes, just a-walking down the street

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Winning the Losers’ Game
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 13/06/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 13/06/2024

Winning the Losers’ Game

In this blog:

  1. Winning the Losers’ Game

  2. It might not say so on the tin but…

  3. Big, bigger, biggest

  4. China and gold – who knew?

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Comparative returns
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 06/06/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 06/06/2024

Comparative returns

In this blog:

  1. Comparative returns

  2. Charlie Munger’s Almanack

  3. Where DIY investors get stuck

  4. In the FT

  5. How many of these have you got?

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Teach your children well
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 30/05/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 30/05/2024

Teach your children well

In this blog:

  1. Teach your children well

  2. You think you know us?

  3. The really very obvious investment (that stumbled)

  4. Remember 1996?

  5. Why we don’t recommend total return investing for drawdown.

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Tonto good for tracking, not for income
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 23/05/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 23/05/2024

Tonto good for tracking, not for income

In this blog:

  1. Currencies will turn investment stats upside down

  2. “If I had a million dollars….”

  3. Why fixed income won’t work for long term retirement

  4. What trackers are not particularly good at

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Things to try out for the first time in your retirement
BABY BOOMER TOOLBOX, MY GENERATION, LIFESTYLE doug brodie 16/05/2024 BABY BOOMER TOOLBOX, MY GENERATION, LIFESTYLE doug brodie 16/05/2024

Things to try out for the first time in your retirement

We recently asked all the members of our Boomers’ Money Club to share what it was they most recently did for the first time, and what’s next on the list. There were lots of great ideas on there so we thought we’d share them with you…

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How to make retirement less scary
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 16/05/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 16/05/2024

How to make retirement less scary

In this blog:

  1. Debt – hitting countries not people

  2. Monte Carlo or Bust – trouble with random stats

  3. Does my company look big in this?

  4. Chancery Lane in the Financial Times

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When was the last time?
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 10/05/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 10/05/2024

When was the last time?

In this blog:

  1. Lucky vs repeatable

  2. Trouble at the EV offices

  3. Ros Altmann – Baroness – and the trouble with trusts

  4. 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)

  5. Standard deviation and Sortino Ratios in portfolio comparisons

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Apocalypse du jour
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 02/05/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 02/05/2024

Apocalypse du jour

In this blog:

  1. 5 years annual returns of major hedge funds

  2. Crunch data: today’s annuity vs investment trust

  3. When should you move your DC scheme?

  4. Starting drawdown – the tax pitfall

  5. What’s the score with Fisher?

  6. God bless America!

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Avoiding shenanigans
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 25/04/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 25/04/2024

Avoiding shenanigans

In this blog:

  1. Saying ‘No’

  2. Shenanigans

  3. ESG – who’s the war-monger?

  4. Jolly hockey sticks

  5. In the technical part of the income market

  6. How to gift to married children and keep it in the family

  7. Target date funds: a technical note

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Don't make the 4% error
INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 18/04/2024 INVESTING SHORTS, CHANCERY BRAIN doug brodie 18/04/2024

Don't make the 4% error

In this blog:

  1. How was the 4% Rule calculated?

  2. How not to get lost

  3. Don’t drive your lifetime savings without accurate navigation

  4. Hey Uncle Sam, slow down there a minute

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