Should passive investments be taxed?
Are index funds parasites free-riding on the active stock pickers who do the hard work of identifying value? Yes, according to one controversial proposal
Thoughts on investment and the wider world of finance, previously published on Medium and since July 2023 in the ETF Insider magazine.
What would a Labour government mean for investors?
Investors seem to have little to fear from a Starmer administration keen to emphasise its commitment to fiscal responsibility
How to invest in China (the easy way)
For long-term investors the balance of power between China and the West matters less than the continued growth of the global economy
How to Fund the Life You Want: a review
Robin Powell and Jonathan Hollow’s new book on financial planning isn’t afraid to spell out the right and wrong ways to invest
How to Invest: a review
A new book in The Economist series offers a comprehensive guide to investment principles but is perhaps not for the complete beginner
The space economy: real and imagined
What the Starship launch indicates about the future of investing in the space industry
Saying good-bye to a ‘forever’ stock
On the peculiar difficulty of letting go of a fund that had been intended to be held for the long-term
The harpoon and the net
A simple image for picturing active and passive investment – and why we think one is more deserving than the other
Thematic ETFs: no more — and no less — than good stories
ETFs that promise to follow a market trend may not make you rich – but perhaps that is to miss the point