Bitesize Economics: Real Wages
Increasing real wages increases purchasing power and living standards of those in an economy. This is important. Has this been happening in the UK? How?
Read moreIncreasing real wages increases purchasing power and living standards of those in an economy. This is important. Has this been happening in the UK? How?
Read moreWhat’s the best way to invest inside of a fixed, long-term vehicle? I compare Buy-And-Hold, Life-cycle Funds, and a new approach that I call Ladder Investing.
Read moreThe LTCM was experiment was a disaster. What can we learn from it? I outline 4 lessons learned from revisiting LTCM.
Read moreIs crypto just speculation? Or is it a type of financial engineering? Or even real, lasting, impactful technological innovation?
Read moreI always see people posting something along the lines of “the market has gone up in a 20-year period 90% of the time”. This drives me insane.
Read moreThere has been a dramatic shift in the last 50 years of emphasis in personal finance and investing from institutions to the individual. Is this good or bad?
Read moreHere we look at the most popular inflation hedges and their correlation with the general level of prices. We see that none of them work as inflation hedge.
Read morePensions used to be easy – your company did everything for you. Now the system is a mess, you accumulate far too many. We need reform.
Read moreThe 20th century in the UK was about increasing foreign investment and individual ownership. Today far more people are investing, which is largely a good thing.
Read morePeople are increasingly becoming interested in investing. The problem is that retail investing is probably impossible to “solve”.
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