Cracking the Code: How Bankers Slice the Global Pie (2023)

September 29, 2023 Raph Antoine

Most investors starting out would be confused to learn that, for example, investing in an MSCI World ETF wouldn’t provide them with a Global exposure.

Equity ETFs can be confusing due to Index Providers’ naming conventions. So, I had a deep dive into how they work, and I hope you can also benefit from it

Weekend Reading – More iBonds & Highest Security Lending Returns

September 22, 2023 Team Bankeronwheels

It’s Time to Consider Inflation Adjusted Bonds, Bond ladders with iBonds (Updated with new ETFs), Securities Lending Provides Value. But Is It Enough?, 4 ways to diversify concentrated stock positions, Reports of 60:40’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, Bill Gross on the End of the Great Bond Bull Market, Visualizing the Future Global Economy by GDP in 2050 and more.

Weekend Reading – What Returns From Vanguard Lifestrategy Can You Expect & New iBonds.

September 15, 2023 Team Bankeronwheels

â–¶ Vanguard LifeStrategy – Updated Return Expectations
â–¶ Implications of Regime-Shifting Stock-Bond Correlation
â–¶ Duration matching asset allocations with personal goals
â–¶ Honey, the Fed Shrunk the Equity Premium
▶ Why is Argentina’s economy such a mess?
â–¶ On Dividend Investing Strategies
â–¶ Are Leveraged ETFs Worth the Costs and Risk?

Weekend Reading – How To Park Your Cash: Short-Term Investing Hacks

September 8, 2023 Team Bankeronwheels

▶️ Investing for the Short to Medium Term – The new UCITS iBonds ETF
▶️ How to Use Cash in a Portfolio
▶️Dissecting the Investment Factor

▶️Position Sizing: Optimizing for Better Returns
▶️Cheapest destinations for a last-minute holiday this September
▶️Why We Glorify Overwork and Refuse to Rest

Weekend Reading – Weak Currencies: How To Avoid Losses

September 1, 2023 Team Bankeronwheels

â–¶ Should You Hedge Currencies?
â–¶ Should you have commodities in your portfolio?
â–¶ How Dividends contributed to total returns in different markets
â–¶ Why China’s economy ran off the rails
â–¶ Sector composition of the S&P 500 since 1985
▶ If the UK stock market is cheap, why doesn’t it go up?
â–¶ BRICS is fake

Weekend Reading – Best Bond ETFs & 9 Biggest Mistakes Millennials Make

August 18, 2023 Team Bankeronwheels

➡️ Market Cap (Weighted) Hated Indexes
➡️ Why Aren’t Investors Selling Stocks to Buy Bonds?
➡️ One of the best ways to build and maintain an investment portfolio is by stress testing different scenarios
➡️ No time to risk- how to pick a bond ETF for the long run
➡️ Visualising the $105 trillion economy in one chart
➡️ Why Aren’t Investors Selling Stocks to Buy Bonds?
➡️ Is Britain really as poor as Mississippi?