Tag Archives: stocks

Investing made simple with a global equities tracker fund

It’s been a while since I did a “back to basics” post about investing. So here’s a quick reminder… The stockmarket is the best game in town for long-term wealth building. Long term returns on global equities have been about ~10% per year globally. As of May 2026, the MSCI World equity index has returned […]

Investing a lump sum: All at once or dripfeed in?

“What should I do with a cash lump sum?” For most people, this could be an inheritance, bonus or other windfall. But recently I had the fun challenge of discussing this with an owner whose business had just been through a partial sale to private equity. So they were sitting on a cash pile larger […]

The importance of low % fees in investing

In horse-racing, they add lead weights to the saddlebags in handicap races. % fees in investing are like those lead weights The higher the % fees, the heavier the weight carried by your fund… Higher % fees will probably lose you the race I did a webinar this week with a group of health professionals […]