Investing Blogs

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• Master of None — Want to invest like a family office without being a billionaire? I revisit the Family Office Strategy and show how to bu
• FIRS – The FIRE Funds Wealth Builder ETF — Surprising find: the FIRS FIRE Funds Wealth Builder ETF looks like a Golden Butterfly clone with bitcoin and trend follo
• Stacking, Diversifiers and Responders — A neat thought experiment: 100% ACWI, 50% trend following and a 100% notional tail hedge. Here I summarise the paper, ex
• The Diversification Trap — Is gold really free diversification after its big run? I tell the story of why piling into gold now can be a diversifica
• The Toilet Paper Portfolio — Question: does a 1% AUM fee really flush your retirement away? On Twitter the AUM fee debate rages, but Michael Kitces'
• The Cost of Certainty — Want a guaranteed €1 million in 12 years? I show why certainty costs about 15% and why a defined benefit style dynamic a
• Total Portfolio Approach — Ever wonder what a -30% drawdown does to your life plans? I argue the classic strategic asset allocation 60/40 is breaki
• Annuity Hate — Annuity hate is everywhere in retirement conversations. I explain why investors chase monthly checks from covered call E
• Inflation and SWR — Surprising truth: inflation, not market returns, is what crushed 1966 retirees. In this post I connect White Coat Invest
• Own Goal — Want to avoid an own goal when saving for university in 15 years? I replayed a podcast case with a €300k couple and a 90
• No Diversification — Think diversification is a magic shield? In this post I explain why diversification often looks useless in market sell-o
• What is behind the financial success of the casino industry? — Curious why online casinos are so profitable? In this post I unpack the financial success of the casino industry, coveri
• Using Crypto to Pay Off Debt Sounds Smart Until You See These Numbers — Think crypto will erase your credit card debt? Think again. Using crypto to pay off debt is a risky Hail Mary, I run the
• A Few Reminders To Myself When Investing In Uncertain Times — When the market dips and my portfolio shows a six figure drop, panic feels normal. This post is my checklist of five rem
• Why You Can’t Time the Market (Even When You Know the Future) — Think you could pick the perfect day to buy stocks if you knew the headlines? In a Market Timing Game using COVID-19 hea
• Bonds and Bond Funds — Curious why many investors favor bond funds over buying individual bonds? In this post I walk through bond basics, inclu
• Are You Really Diversified? — Think 25% in each fund is diversified? Not always. In this post I explain correlation coefficients, why stocks often mov
• Timeless Thoughts on Investing — A 1967 gem reminded me that the stock doesn't know you own it, and that idea drives my latest post. After re-reading The
• How Do You Deal With Financial Loss? — Lost money in Voyager? I tell the exact tricks I use to cope with financial loss after a crypto bankruptcy, from reframi
• The Investment Club — How to start an investment club and buy property together. I tell our guys trip origin story, how we set up an investmen
• Investing isn’t about money. It’s about freedom — Want freedom instead of a paycheck? I explain why investing is a tool for freedom, not just money. Learn how living belo
• What matters most when it comes to investing? — Saving more beats picking the perfect index fund every time. I explain what matters most when it comes to investing, why
• The longer you stay invested, the higher your odds of success — Three months is not enough. You’ll learn why long term investing in index funds beats trying to time the market. I use h
• The irony of investing: the less you know the more confident you feel — Oddly, knowing less can make you feel like a market genius. In this post I map the Dunning-Kruger effect in investing an
• How $1,000 a month can grow into $5 million — What if $1,000 a month really could turn into $5 million? In how $1,000 a month can grow into $5 million I show the simp
• Why Stock Market Returns Are Never Predictable — Markets are messy, and that’s okay. I explain why stock market returns are never predictable, using 2025’s 17.6% and 202
• The Different Types of FI/RE — Breaking the myth that retirement only comes at 65, I explain the different types of FI/RE and how the 25X rule works. R
• Most common mistake among investors — Here’s the #1 most common mistake among investors, letting cash sit uninvested in accounts like a Roth IRA. I walk throu
• How Does WAR Affect The Stock Market? — Wondering how war affects the stock market? I walk through historical US wars and stock returns, answer the common quest
• When will the AI Bubble burst? — The generative AI industry looks a lot like a bubble. I run through Bank of England and IMF warnings, BBC, FT and RTÉ li
• Echoes of a Watery Paradise in a Forsaken Hellscape - The Brief Return of Death Valley's Lake Manly — Imagine a six-mile-wide lake in the lowest, driest place in North America. On a recent trip to Death Valley I walked Bad
• Naive, a victim or just plain irresponsible — Ever heard a colleague admit they have never bought a share or even checked their company pension? A lunchtime chat afte
• The power of AND — Want to keep more of your pension? I explain how using employer match and salary sacrifice, then doing a partial SIPP tr
• The Best Performing Stock Market in the World — Think emerging markets are winning? My analysis finds the US was the best performing stock market in the world over five
• A Simple Low Expense, Low Tax Investment Portfolio for DIY Beginners — Simple works best for retirement investing today. Here I lay out a low expense, low tax investment portfolio for DIY beg
• Save Hard, Invest Wisely, Retire Early — What if you could retire early by saving hard and investing wisely? I tell the story of a 2007 wake up and how I now sav
• What to do if you left it late to start investing — Late to the investing game? If you left it late to start investing I map out a clear catch-up plan with real compound in
• Ten good reasons to hold cash — Think cash is boring? Ten good reasons to hold cash, explained with my usual squirrelly humour. I run through emergency
• A quick guide to asset classes — Quick guide to asset classes for passive investors starts here. I walk through cash, nominal and index linked government
• Investing for beginners: Risk versus reward — Think cash will keep you ahead of inflation? In this investing for beginners guide I explain risk versus reward and what
• Is Revolut good for investing? — Curious if Revolut is any good for DIY investing? I tested Revolut Invest hands on, walked through ETFs, UK and US share
• The ISA allowance: how it works and how to use it — Confused by the changing ISA rules? I explain how the ISA allowance works and how to use it, covering 2025-26 rule chang
• Meta and Reasonable Doubt — After Meta raised its 2024 capex to $35-40 billion, investors panicked. I revisit Meta Myths and Facebook Lenses, explai