A total of 10 funds from August make it into September's selection, which is just less than half of them. Below I list this month's selection in full with the 13 funds that regained...
What a fascinating/crazy week for equity markets. In my recent weekly 80-20 Investor newsletter I gave a sense of perspective to what had been happening. Since then investment markets have become...
"Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing" - Warren Buffett How many funds should you have in a portfolio? Furthermore how...
80-20 Investor officially launched to DIY investors in January 2015. Since then 80-20 Investor has gone from strength to strength in terms of members and also in performance and the value...
A total of 11 funds from July make it into August's selection, which is just less than half of them. Below I list this month's selection in full with the 11 funds that...
Fund charges are a huge point of contention in the world of investing. Let's imagine that there are two funds, Fund A and Fund B. Now let's say that they...
The price of gold has recently been in free-fall plummeting to a five year low (see chart below of performance for the year to date). Those trying to rationalise the rout are citing a rising dollar (gold is denominated in dollars so a strong dollar makes it expensive to buy),...
What should you do when the market has a bad day? It's the million dollar question. Should you sell at the first sign of trouble? When do you buy back...
A total of 7 funds from June's Best of the Best Selection make it into July's selection. Below I list this month's selection in full with the 7 funds that regained their...
The saga of Greece possibly defaulting on the money it owes as a result of its bailout and quitting the eurozone has the same feel as a DFS sofa sale, it's never...
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