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Market Timing is a Mug’s Game (Part Eleventy)

Under normal circumstances, I don’t follow or comment on the daily ramblings of the stock market. But on Monday the UK’s stock market (FTSE 100) ended the day up by 5%, and the American market (still open as I write) reached an all-time high. I write to you today because there is a lesson to … Continued

Home Bias – A UK Perspective

In the first few weeks of 2019 the topic I’ve heard mentioned more than any other, and one that might be new to you, is the investment principle ‘home bias’. Home bias is well documented as the tendency for investors to over-allocate assets to their home market, ignoring to varying degrees, foreign investments. There are … Continued

Our Purpose

I recently travelled from London to Chicago to attend a three-day conference hosted by the investment research company Morningstar Inc. The event was rather aptly described by another attendee as ‘Lollapalooza’ for the US investment management and financial planning community. You might laugh at the tenuous link between finance and alternative rock, but to be … Continued

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Investing

One of the major investment management trends of recent years has been the explosion of interest in Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) investing. Whether you’ve heard of it already or not, it’s become a legitimate consideration for company owners, their shareholders and fund investors. There is no doubt it will continue to gain momentum as … Continued

Bunker Riley Features In Morningstar Magazine

Alex Riley and Bunker Riley Financial Planning have been profiled in the current edition of Morningstar Magazine. The magazine, produced by Chicago headquartered investment research specialists Morningstar Inc, reaches 65,000 global subscribers and features independent thinking and original research for all types of finance professional including institutional investors and advisors. You can read the piece below and … Continued

Morningstar Investment Conference UK 2017

by Alexandre Riley I’ve attended the Morningstar Investment Conference in London every year in May since its inception in 2006, and I’ve seen its popularity rise during that time from an initial 50 or so delegates to somewhere close to 500 this year, making it one of the UK’s premier financial conferences. But this year, … Continued

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