
Active vs passive performance – bonds
The common wisdom in the investment industry is that whilst passive investing may work for equities, fixed income is a completely different ball game. Various

Active vs passive performance – real estate
Real estate is often overlooked in the active/passive debate, with most of the focus having fallen on equities and bonds. Real estate hasn’t been explored

Active vs passive performance – Emerging Markets
The conventional logic is that emerging markets are so rife with pricing inefficiencies (due to fewer analysts and active managers) that active management should be

Active vs passive performance – Japan
“NOW SHOW JAPAN” is commonly shouted (over the internet) by people looking to debunk an investment strategy. Japan is notorious for being the exception to

Active vs passive performance – Europe
The outperformance of passive funds continues in Europe, with the majority of active funds underperforming their benchmarks over the last 10 years according to both

Active vs passive performance – UK
Contrary to the popular belief that active strategies perform better in supposedly less efficient markets, such as the UK, 75% of large cap domestic UK

Active vs passive performance – USA
The US has always been seen as a region where passives do well. The conventional thinking is that there are thousands of analysts and investment

Can anyone be truly passive? In search of the Global Market Portfolio
As we saw in my last post, investing in a 100% passive strategy using 100% passive vehicles would involve investing in every asset class in

Active vs passive – what’s in a name?
It’s hard to find somebody with an interest in investments who hasn’t been bombarded from all sides with information on the active vs passive debate.

Fees
This is the third post in a series of three on the factors that determine how much we can expect to make from investing. The

Time
This is the second post in a series of three on the factors that determine how much we can expect to make from investing. The

Risk
This is the first post in a series of three on on the factors that determine how much you can expect to make from investing.

Why should I invest?
No matter how high your income is, we’re all faced with the same four choices of what to do with our hard-earned cash. We can