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We help you make good financial decisions by tuning out the noise and focusing on just a handful of simple, core principles that have proved successful over time. Although they are simple, following them is not always easy.

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Getting started

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Personal finance

Personal finance covers not only investing, but day-to-day finances, budgeting, insurance, taxes, estate planning, and retirement.

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Retirement

Retirement is a major event in many people's lives. It is not only a lifestyle change, but a change in income and spending.

Planning for this life-changing event is important.

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An index fund pools investors' money, and uses it to invest in securities, aiming to replicate an index of a particular financial market. It is typically a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF).

A well-managed index fund gives investors a simple way to invest with low costs, better tax efficiency, style consistency, and lower manager risk. However, not every index fund is low cost, and active investors can exploit some indexes.

The key measure for assessing an index fund's efficiency is how well it tracks its benchmark index. (more...)

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  • 1659 - The earliest modern British cheque was made payable to Mr Delboe for the grand sum of £400, or roughly £48,000 in today’s money. It was dated "16th of February 1659" by merchant Nicholas Vanacker, to be drawn on City bankers Messrs Morris and Clayton. Source: 16 February 1659: the first British cheque
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