Content with this tag is dedicated to approaches and funds that enable a UK (tax-resident) investor to invest using index investing techniques
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Content with this tag is dedicated to approaches and funds that enable a UK (tax-resident) investor to invest using index investing techniques
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Why Time and Risk Matter – How wrong risk assessment can have devastating consequences and why Time Horizon improves your odds. Yes, Market Returns are secondary to these! Read
Ah, compounding, the eighth wonder of the world, the solution to all problems, and the hidden secret of life.
But is it really all it is touted to be, or like all cure-alls, something that sounds great only on paper?
In 2008, Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, threw down the gauntlet to his friends over at the elite hedge funds. The challenge?
He stated that, with all their genius and intellectual firepower, hedge fund returns could not beat the returns given by the humble S&P 500 Index Fund over a nine-year period. The consideration? A mere million dollars.
2021 Asset Class Returns Review and 10-year Long Term Returns Study.
Over the past decade, World Equities gained over 320% and returned 12.4% annually.
It’s probably also time to rebalance your portfolio. Sell some of the winners, buy some losers.
In fact, this is what Vanguard’s model implies.
Over the past decade, crypto has grown into a $2 trillion market cap industry and it has been through a few booms and busts.
Chances are it isn’t going away.
It remains a highly speculative asset class but as you can see, it now takes longer for Bitcoin to increase 10x in value.
How about tokens?
I analyzed the risk involved.
When financial independence first became popular, most people interested in the concept were engineers or those in stable, high-powered jobs. But in recent years, the movement has attracted more people from all walks of life.
The first time I came across the concept of FIRE, I was thrilled. It opened up a world of possibilities, very far from the usual narratives surrounding me for most of my life.
But as I started digging into the topic, a couple of things were puzzling me.
Humility is usually associated with poverty, for example as it relates to Buddhist Monks. It may sound counterintuitive that humility makes you richer, but it does.
2021 marked the first full calendar year of Bankeronwheels.com.
While most the content is still relatively new, a few pieces have generated significant interest in 2021.
I have tried to select the TOP 10 amongst them, in case you missed some.
If your portfolio is already set up to reach your goals and hedge against most risks, returns should offset any inflation in the long run.
But there may also be a chance that central banks won’t get the job done to slow down inflation. If you think that’s the case, extra protection may be worth considering.
Here are the best ways to protect against unexpected inflation.