One of the most talked about issues in the financial media is whether you should actively or passively invest. Active funds try to beat the market by picking the right stocks; passive funds, or index funds, simply track the whole market.
There has been a lot of media coverage in recent months regarding the Fair Deal programme, and what it entails. In this blog we will give you a brief outline of how the programme works, who is eligible for it, and how much you might pay towards your care.
If you’ve read this blog before, you’re probably familiar with the phrase “evidence-based investing”. But what exactly does it mean? After all, most investment professionals would claim to base their philosophy on some form of evidence. But that doesn’t mean they’re worth paying any attention to.
One of the ironies of investing is that although it’s actually very simple — or at least it should be simple — that doesn’t mean it’s always easy.
No investor enjoys a bear market, but how do you at least stay calm and rational? How do you keep your head when so many other people seem to be losing theirs?
We generally encourage our clients not to follow the ebb and flow of the global stock markets. But every now and then, you can’t easily avoid it, and we’re at one of those moments now. Share prices, and specifically price falls, are once again front-page news. So, what’s going on? And what, if anything, can investors do about it?