What caught my eye this week. Josh Brown at The Reformed Broker offered a fresh take this week on what long ago became a hoary debate: the alleged existence of a ‘bubble’ in passive investing. We’ve covered this ground before, of course, from the misunderstandings in how index funds operate to the impossibility of passive […]

First let’s set out the terms of engagement. I’ll keep this one politically neutral. I’ve got an opinion like everyone else, but this post is about the practicalities and not how we got here. Let’s put the tribal warfare on hold for a few minutes. I’m not going to BS you with 1,000 words on […]

This thought-provoking guest post is by Andrew Henderson, the author of Nomad Capitalist. Even when you have discovered the freedom of expat life, chances are that you will still need to process the transition. It can feel a bit like a home-country detox. This is more than just dealing with cultural shock. In many cases, […]

What caught my eye this week. There was something (else) notable about the first TV interview with the three lads from Manchester who restrained a knife-wielder run amok in Sydney earlier this week. In the initial broadcast, I noticed two were wearing Apple Airpods whilst talking to the camera. I thought this pretty striking. The […]

Long time readers may remember that as I’ve written on Monevator many times, a few years ago I began repositioning my main SIPP towards income-centric investment trusts. Mostly, this meant selling various passives and some funds, and replacing them with investment trusts. This isn’t the place to reprise the merits or otherwise of that strategy. […]