Investment trusts are one of the oldest forms of investment vehicles. The first British investment trust was the Foreign & Colonial Government Trust, launched in 1868 to allow investors to …
Best Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
Over the last five years, cryptocurrencies have evolved from financial rogues to high profile financial assets within the wealth management space. Some advisers and portfolio managers are reluctantly embracing cryptocurrencies …
Investors Can Get a Taste of the FAANGs
The US technology giants have been among the biggest winners from the accelerating digitisation in the workplace and across the economy driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, but doubts are starting …
How to Invest in Hedge Funds (UK)
Hedge funds operate in private and release little information to the general public. Yet they’re known as one of the more exciting and interesting forms of collective investment. But how …
The Top UK Hedge Funds (UK)
Updated 19 September 2021. Our ranking of the best UK hedge funds has been updated for 2021. For an introduction to the structure, strategies and performance of hedge funds, visit …
The Best Funds to Invest In (2023)
How to invest in funds Pick a well-regarded stockbroker from the list below to buy units in any major investment fund: Best domestic & international equity funds to invest in …
What Is the Difference between Hedge Funds and Asset Management?
Hedging is a way to reduce risks and insure an asset against unwanted market trends in the future. The main goal of hedge funds, on the contrary, is to maximize …
The Top Venture Capital Trusts in the UK
Venture Capital Trusts, also known as VCTs (see definition) are collective investment vehicles, which use investor funds to make unlisted equity investments. Venture Capital Trusts provide access to a diverse …
The Best UK Deep Value Investment Funds
Welcome to our guide to the best deep-value investment funds. This article contains journalistic research about the deep value investing strategy, and information about a number of deep value investment …
How to Invest With Little Money
How to invest with little money is a careful art form. It can be done if you follow these tips on investing. If you can master these techniques, you’ll be …
The 5 Cheapest UK Equity ETFs
I will run down the 5 cheapest UK equity ETFs in this quick guide, to help cost-savvy investors pick funds which match their desire to pay less in fees. Why …
How to Pick Funds
If you’re a lazy investor like me, you love investing funds. Funds help us do away with the torturous process of stock picking. However, picking a fund can be just …
Which Type of Stockbroker Is Best for Passive Investing?
Stockbrokers come in many shapes and sizes. There are the expensive boutique firms that offer a chat and tips over the phone before you trade (£££), and there are the …
A Quick Guide to Absolute Return Funds
If you’ve been researching actively managed funds recently, you may have come across a relatively new breed called absolute return funds. What is an absolute return fund, and could they …
What is a Hedge Fund?
Hedge funds are pooled investments, where a number of investors entrust their money to a fund manager, who invests in various traded securities. Hedge fund managers will use active fund …
Definition of a Real Estate Investment Trust
In my ultimate guide on how to invest in property, I list REITs as one of the popular methods. But what does REIT mean? What does REIT stand for, and …
Definition of a Unit Trust
Unit trust is a term you may see on the fact sheets of funds or collective investment vehicles. But what does unit trust mean? And what are the characteristics of …
Definition of Investment Trusts
Investment Trust or ‘Investment Trust Company’ is a term you may see when researching investment opportunities or collective investment vehicles. But what does Investment Trust mean? And what are the …
Definition of OEIC (Open Ended Investment Company)
OEIC is a term you may see on the fact sheets of funds or collective investment vehicles. But what does OEIC mean? And what are the characteristics of an OEIC? …
The Gold Fish Dilemma – Why It’s Impossible to Spot a Successful Fund Manager
In my article Passive funds versus active funds, I explain that the majority of active funds underperform the market. This news might feel very counterintuitive. I was certainly shocked when …
What is an Exchange Traded Fund?
Exchange-Traded Funds (or ‘ETFs’ for short), are a popular method for investing in a wide range of asset classes. In the US alone, $4 trillion of assets are now held …
Passive Funds versus Active Funds
An argument which has long raged in the halls of asset managers is the debate between investing styles. In particular; passive versus active investing. Financial Expert encourages one of these …
Investing in Emerging Markets
Are you curious about investing in emerging markets? In our article ‘How to build a basic investment portfolio‘ we suggested that investors with an ‘adventurous’ or ‘balanced’ risk profile should …