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In a similar vein, few tricks on how to lose at investing by The Undercover Fund Manager.
JP Morgan released it’s quarterly Guide to Markets. This year has been extremely smooth, akin to the 90s.
2021 - A VERY SMOOTH RIDE SO FAR
If you decide to sin, then sin only a little. Active investing should be, at best, a tiny fraction of your portfolio (I tend not to exceed 10% of my portfolio). This section is dedicated research related to improving your knowledge about capital markets.
US VS. NON-US DEVELOPED MARKETS CYCLES
US Markets continue to outperfom other developed markets. But also EM.
If someone advises you to put 30-40% of your portfolio in Emerging Markets be cautious.
Here’s Ray Dalio‘s take on the recent Market Moves related to Chinese Stocks.
EMERGING MARKETS INDICES ARE DOMINATED BY CHINA
This section is dedicated to UK and European Index Investing. It can also touch on other jurisdictions outside the Euro-zone.
If you aren’t an Interactive Brokers client you wouldn’t have received an email saying that, effective July 1, 2021, clients will no longer be charged USD 10 for not maintaining a minimum balance or transaction activity.
This is great news for long term investors since it remains one of most advanced retail brokers on the market.
Interactive Brokers is also publically listed and rated, as described in a BoW article about Broker safety.
Market allocations should be your starting point.
45 DIY Investor Magazine | Sept 2021