In my SIPP/ISA am using Winton & Montlake Dunn UCITS funds (not wholly satisfactory due to watered down volatility and the fees compared to the institutional funds). Please note that these investment portfolio examples are not investment advice, a recommendation, or an inducement to buy or sell financial instruments. If you’re unsure of the risk or suitability of an investment, seek advice from an independent financial adviser. Build upon the basics Yes, we’ve had a least a triple treat on the global equities side in the last year or so with the best ETF for All World equities from @TA only very recently, @Finimus covering the cheapest All Countries equity ETF combo, and this June 2022 piece by @TA on the Vanguard Life Strategy options, including VLS100: I think the fourth edition is notably stronger than the third. It contains more illuminating examples, pithy quotes from investing greats*, and expanded explanations of key points. I didn’t actually find it that dull, and whatever you do don’t let that put you off, but about excitement he says ‘my advice to you is that if excitement is what you want, book a turn on the Cresta run with some of the money you have made from being a smarter investor’.

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Sometimes you just need a little bit of inspiration. A template that you can adapt and make your own. That’s what these investment portfolio examples provide. The good thing about index linked gilts is their inflation protection, but you really are paying for it. I’m sure I can find a gilt yield curve but thinking about it though how does this work in a fund? Do they only roll over maturities into longer term gilts, or is there some other trading going to keep the duration at a certain amount – just confused. Vanguardfan – agree again. It is probably a tough first read and I know a few people who’ve bounced off it, probably because it was too steep a hill to climb. But it is clearly written, so I think maybe it’s the length that some people find arduous. Perhaps a first-timers book would be The Millionaire Teacher or The Coffeehouse Investor. Tim says that when he was writing the book, his friends and colleagues asked him to keep it short, since they didn’t have much time. Follow Hale’s guidance and you stand an excellent chance of avoiding the perils that beset so many on their investing quest.Perhaps the most important question of all is: “Does the 2013 third edition contain new insights that may change a passive investor’s strategy?” In 2001 he set up Albion Strategic Consulting, helping financial planning firms to develop their investing methodologies. Aims of the book I’ve chosen them because each offers a different perspective on asset allocation that you can customise to suit your personal financial objectives, circumstances, and temperament. I’m much more sanguine about holding bonds now the ZIRP era has passed and yields have returned to something like ‘normality’. Previously, the dilemma hinged on balancing the need for diversification versus the probability that low yield bonds constituted “return free risk” as Buffett put it. Bonds seem much less risky now the bubble has burst – assuming the 1970’s stagflation danger has waned. Hale’s response is – like a number of American commentators – to go short-dated and to consider diversifying your bond holdings.

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A solid slug in equities still offers some growth however, while the enlarged UK position reduces currency risk. Seems that JPLG has more of a smaller bias. It’s largest holdings are 0.3%, whereas FSWD has FB, Apple, Exxon, MSFT, Cisco, Walmart all above 2% each… An introduction to replacing the bond slug in a trad. 60/40 with Trend Following funds to get lower volatility and drawdowns can be seen here: Today we’ll start work on the book which seems to be the most popular with passive investors – Smarter Investing by Tim Hale. Commodities and gold provide some inflation protection, but are really held to guard against scenarios when equities and bonds face-plant simultaneouslyNote, we’ve used a money market fund in place of cash, but high-interest savings accounts will do just as nicely. An important principle underlying the investment portfolio examples is that there’s more than one way to cut the cake. James joined Albion in 2017 having completed his degree in Management at Bristol University. Investing was not something James had exposure to until his last year of study, but having worked with the team at Albion and our fantastic clients for several years, he is thrilled that he ended up in this industry. Your portfolio could sensibly look something like this if you’re at or near-retirement. Essentially, you’ve hit your number, won the game, and don’t need to take big risks with your wealth anymore. Al Cam #19 Just to clarify are you saying you overestimated what you needed to have in the pot outside of DB and thus have more than enough and are drawing DB simply to get the benefit of more years from your DB scheme?

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Hale sets about dismantling the case for both with the speed of a bomb disposal officer who wants to get home in time for EastEnders. Outlook moderate Tim also includes a list of “eye-openers” at the start of the book, to encourage people to read further: Last week we took a first look at what seems to be the most popular book with UK active traders – The Naked Trader.

As with last week’s article on the Naked Trader, there hasn’t been much to disagree with in the introductory chapters. We love working with our clients, many of whom have been onboard for well over a decade. We like to build strong, practical working relationships with our clients and are always available to help out on any of the myriad of investing issues that inevitably arise from time to time. We always aim to go the extra mile.