Research shows that using famous people for marketing campaigns works wonders, but the collapse of celebrity endorsed investments such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs has lost many people money. How do you sift through the noise for good investment advice?

Global stocks may be down this year (YTD), but the odds are in your favour.

It would be hard not to take notice of the stock markets this year. The last time both stocks and bonds suffered double-digit losses was 1973. Granted, it was a different time back then, but what can we expect going forwards?

Knowing which industry will skyrocket may not be as useful as you may think. Only a minority of stocks are about to beat the US broad market on average over 5 and 20 year periods.

Most people assume that to do well or get ahead in investing, you would need to have extreme intelligence or skills to do so. But not really, you just need to be normal.

An old joke goes - a statistician is a person who lays with his head in an oven and his feet in a freezer happily proclaiming “On average, I feel comfortable.”

Taking that example into the investment world, averages seldom reflect actual investor experience.

Lately, financial media have been pushing out opinions from billionaires, banks, investment managers and just about anybody who wants to appear smart, on the breadth, depth and scope of the “upcoming recession”. So what does all of this mean to you and your money?

Whether it is tomorrow or 5 years from now, if you are investing in a way that enables you to capture all available market returns without having to make forecasts, then the threat of a looming recession or job losses or wage decreases or a whole bevy of other worries should not sidetrack you.

Many people would say stocks are risky. However, if properly diversified, risks can be reduced substantially and the probability of stocks giving you gains is as close as guaranteed as your time horizon increases.

Research shows us that the most common outcomes when it comes to investing are either losing everything or multiplying your capital by 9 times. How can we make sure to end up with the latter outcome?

Many investors find high dividend paying strategies very compelling due to the supposed protection or higher returns during turbulent environments. However, are these assumptions aligned with the evidence?

When people think about impending recessions and its effects on the markets, the response is rarely a positive one. But can data provide a case for the silver lining of recessions?

Everyone knows about Warren Buffett as an excellent investor and probably you do too. But if all you’re trying to do is to mimic his investment process, then you are missing the forest for the trees.

You don’t need to invest a lot of capital to make good returns, you just have to do it early. The best time to start investing was 20 years ago, the second-best time is today.

When is the best time to invest? The common refrain would be to wait for the ‘best time’ to put your money to work. But the truth is you don’t need to wait for the best time to still get good results.

In the movie Back to the Future II, Biff travelled back in time to give himself a copy of a sports book which listed the results of every major sporting event for 50 years. How often have we wished we had something similar for investing — would having such an object enable you to invest better though?

Buster Douglas: name that may not be known to many now, but for a moment in time, the entire world knew his name. Overcoming 42 to 1 odds, he knocked out the reigning heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson. What odds are you betting in your life?

Markets are a funny animal and has notably risen 10% since our last few articles about bear markets and recession worries. Given what is going on around the world now investment strategists are calling this current market condition a “bear market rally”. So which is it? Bull or Bear?