The path to financial independence and retiring early, in one simple chart

There are lots of moving parts to the FIRE movement — financial independence/retire early — but one crucial step toward […]

3 Investments With Best Long-term Track Records

Investment is a subjective matter and depends on the risk taking the capacity of the individual. For instance, someone who […]

CASH: The Most Hated Asset Class On The Planet

By Jesse Felder, I regularly like to ask myself, “what the most hated asset class on the planet?” simply because […]

The What (Asset Allocation) & Where (Asset Location) of Investing

By Grant Wasylik, Asset allocation is paramount. Numerous studies confirm it. They show, time and again, that asset allocation accounts […]

Three Ways “Old Money” Hangs Onto Its Riches

By Jim Rickards, Daily Reckoning, While America claims to be a class-free society, the opposite often seems to be the […]

Conditional Expected Returns

by Douglas R Terry, CFA The following table presents the probability of 4 possible paths for the economy and our macro […]

15 year table of UK asset class returns

  The different asset classes are differentiated by colour. Click to enlarge this table of historical asset class returns. Source: […]

Looking at the Next Generation of Institutional Investing

By Andrew Beer Institutional hedge fund investing is entering a new era. Generation one entailed investing through funds of hedge […]

Real-Estate Crowdfunding Finds Its Footing

By Andrew Blackman, WSJ, Sites Offer Small Shares in Commercial Properties Before last year, Ed Medley had never invested in […]

Major Public Pensions Hit All-Time High of $3 Trillion

By Jon Ogg, 247WallSt, The U.S. Census Bureau has released data on year-end pension assets for 2013 from the 100 […]