Investment | Financial Planning
One late spring afternoon, this question arrived by LinkedIn message.
It joined the deluge of others.
From expats with ambitious dreams for the future who were similarly frustrated.
If not, fed up.
The truth is, a little knowledge is power.
It’s not hard to get much better results if you know how.
Investment | Financial Planning
Most fields outside of academia are a balance of science and art.
Including investing.
It’s human and emotional.
Yet based on data, years of research and evidence.
Who disagrees?
Investment | Financial Planning
A few days ago, I posted about active, passive and Dimensional funds.
Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) are known for being “the world’s largest fund company you have probably never heard of”…
Insiders know them for their Nobel prize-winning research and evidence-based approach to maximising expected returns.
One follower asked, “Why can Dimensional funds only be accessed through a financial adviser?”
The answer deserves a blog of its own.
Investment | Financial Education
This morning, a ‘precious metals' conference was promoted on the radio.
Lots of ‘experts’ making wild predictions.
I’m tired of the media portraying gold as a good investment.
The evidence clearly proves otherwise.
Investment | Financial Education
I love an analogy.
Especially one which relates to finance.
I recently read a great one which explains volatility.
If that’s a part of investing you find discomforting…
Perhaps this will help.
(Hat tip to Ric Edelman, head of America’s largest independent investment adviser).
I’m testing some Facebook ads right now.
The image shows me on a tank.
Someone commented,
"What does the military have to do with investing?".
Quite a lot, actually.
Here are 4 ways they're connected.
As expats, we’re often torn between renting and owning.
Everything from cars to property.
I touched on the latter last week.
Today, let’s talk cars.
Investment | Financial Planning
This post may contradict most things you know about financial services.
But it’s an attempt to reveal the truth about a broken model.
Hopefully, it will help get you better results.
