Over on the excellent Monevator site the following question was posed by Gregory today : “You are an early retiree and have a portfolio o...

With FIRE now on the doorstep  it’s time to finalise what my early retirement drawdown strategy and portfolio is going to look like. Firs...

When I set out my Investing Strategy some years ago , which included my initial asset allocation as well as how that allocation would chang...

In my experience if you’re discussing UK Equities as part of an investment portfolio its validity is unlikely to be challenged and any resp...

Once you’ve done plenty of your own research (which in my opinion must include a thorough read of Tim Hale's Smarter Investing: Simpler...

In the modern, in my opinion overly complex, financial world there must by now be nearly as many investment risks as there are grains of sa...

My Low Charge Investment Strategy requires a strategic nominal asset allocation to UK Equities of 20% of total portfolio value.  I then ad...

This blog is fast approaching its third anniversary.  In my first naive post I laid out in very brief terms “what” some of my investing st...

Why has it been good year to date for my portfolio? Well year to date my Personal Rate of Return is 3.9%, which compares favourably against...

I first started taking my retirement investing asset strategy seriously in 2007 when I became disillusioned with the financial sector and de...

As I’m sure everyone knows the Australian Stock has seen some falls of recent weeks. Using my monthly data set it’s down 13% from the monthl...

Buying (New money): Since my last post  I have had a good month of savings and managed to save 72% of my after tax earnings and pension sal...

Yesterday I rebalanced my Retirement Investing Today Low Charge Portfolio by moving 0.6% from cash into emerging markets equities (ie buying...

A search online for the 200 day moving average or simple moving average (200 dma or 200 sma) will reveal many hits and a lot of different op...

Edited 06 June 2010: I have found more exact data allowing me to determine benchmark returns to the day. I have therefore updated the data i...

Since I took full responsibility for my retirement investing strategy I’ve made some mistakes that have cost me money. I’m also sure that g...

Edited 06 June 2010: I have found more exact data allowing me to determine benchmark returns to the day. I have therefore updated the data i...

Buying (New money): Since my last post  I have continued living frugally and saved 81% of my net earnings and pension salary sacrifices. To...

Two key elements of my retirement investing strategy are to minimise fees and taxes. This is due to the fact that small changes in annual re...

As an employee of a company I have the option to contribute to a pension scheme. I have made the choice as part of my retirement investing s...