Index investing has a simple appeal. Buy the market, hold it, and let time do the work. No fund manager to evaluate, no stock to research, no rebalancing call to agonise over. It is low cost, broadly diversified, and requires almost no decisions after the initial one. But that last part β requires almost no […]
Author: Aashna Shah
Is Index Investing Really Unbeatable?
βDon’t look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!β β John C. Bogle Index funds are often presented as the rational choice, the grown-up solution for anyone serious about long-term wealth creation. Low cost, diversified, emotion-free. No manager risk. No second-guessing. And to be fair, this narrative did not emerge without reason. […]
Gold in the Portfolio: Investment, Insurance, or Dead Weight?
Gold is one of the rare assets that sits at the intersection of emotion, tradition, and investing. Its role as an investment vehicle has been endlessly debated. For gold bugs, it is the ultimate hedge against the debasement of fiat currency, a chaos-insurance policy that has survived for millennia. For sceptics (Warren Buffett being the […]