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Average UK savings by age

March 30, 2022

This post explores the average UK savings by age groups. It also looks at the average amounts in UK pension accounts, and the average UK

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Should you use duration matching?

March 23, 2022

We’ve made it! This is the final post in the series on duration matching. Before we conclude, let me explain what we’ve seen so far.

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Against duration matching

March 16, 2022

This is the fourth post in a series on duration matching. The first post covered an introduction to duration, what duration matching is, and why

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Duration matching in practice

March 9, 2022

This is the third post in a series on duration matching. The first post covered an introduction to duration, what duration matching is, and why

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Why you should own long-term bonds

March 2, 2022

This is the second post in a series on duration matching. The first post covered an introduction to duration, what duration matching is, and why

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Duration matching: an introduction

February 23, 2022

Much of what I remember from my investment exams is now occluded by the mists of time. Just like all other exams, you remember the

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Average pension pots [UK]

February 16, 2022

Every now and then it’s interesting to see where the UK’s at with its finances. So I thought I’d use this week’s post to see

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Return expectations: 2022 edition

February 9, 2022

How much can you expect to make on your investments over the next 10 years? Just like last year’s edition, this post aims to answer

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Should you own inflation-linked bonds?

February 2, 2022

We’ve finally made it. I hope you’ve enjoyed the series so far. Now comes the tricky part of wrapping together what’s been a series of

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Why you shouldn’t own inflation-linked bonds

January 26, 2022

This is the third part in a 4-part series on inflation-linked bonds. We saw in the first post of the series, which went through an

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Why you should own inflation-linked bonds

January 19, 2022

This is the second part in a 4-part series on inflation-linked bonds. We saw in the last post, which went through an introduction to inflation-linked

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All about inflation-linked bonds

January 12, 2022

Welcome to the first post of 2022! I hope you had a COVID-free Christmas and New Year. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the lucky ones,

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Have bonds ever failed?

December 15, 2021

We’re in a weird period for bonds right now. Interest rates are at all-time lows, bond yields are at all-time lows, and it’s looking more

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Is the stock/bond correlation about to turn positive?

December 1, 2021

“When stocks go down, bonds go up” has been a foundational assumption in just about everyone’s portfolio construction decisions for the last 20 years. But

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How to predict bond returns

November 10, 2021

Hello again, it’s been a while. I won’t bore you with the details of why I’ve taken a few months off, but I’m now out

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