Blogs

Our latest blog features Morgan Housel, award-winning columnist at the Motley Fool and Wall Street Journal. In this extended interview, Morgan explains why we still pay so much attention to market forecasts, despite a wealth of evidence that they’re more likely to hinder investors rather than help them.

For those of us campaigning for a fairer fund industry, and a bigger role for low-cost, evidence-based investing, the last few years have been a constant struggle. But 2014 has given us cause for optimism.

Being told to "rot in hell" because you campaign for a fairer, transparent investment industry isn't fun. But when the evidence is on your side it's a sign of progress, writes Robin Powell.

Journalists have a critical role to play in providing investors with useful and un-conflicted information. But with the media bias towards active funds, they have failed the consumer. It's time for change, argues Robin Powell.

Today’s consumers are usually quite savvy about how much they pay for things, but far too many of us still have a blind spot when it comes to fund charges.

After two years, 150+ videos and more than 160,000 views, there's even more to the new sensibleinvesting.tv!

Are the changes to pensions announced in the budget a good idea?

Investor behaviour is often ascribed to fear and greed. We’re fearful as prices fall, the theory goes, so we sell to stem our losses; and we’re greedy as they rise, so we buy to maximize our gains.

One of the most striking recollections of interviewing Professor William Sharpe at his home in Carmel, California, for our documentary Passive Investing: The Evidence was his emphatic response when asked to give his golden rules for successful investing.

There have been quite a few things to celebrate recently.

Retirement used to be something to look forward to. But for the vast majority of working Britons, the reality is a little different.

Congratulations to Eugene Fama, who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics along with Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller.

Investors have lost around £3 billion in the past five years by paying for actively managed funds which merely tracked the market, according to recent claims by the True and Fair Campaign.

Is it just us, or is the UK investment industry increasingly starting to resemble Premier League football?

Thank goodness, it’s that time of year again. Time to feel the sea air on our faces and the sand between our toes. Time to relax, unwind and forget the stresses and strains of everyday life.