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Investing is the process of buying assets such as securities, real estate and other items of value that will hopefully increase in value over time, providing a return in the form of income payments or capital gains.

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Why are funds' transaction costs 1% of their portfolio turnover?

. -- John Bogle, 2007, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
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S&P 500 only returns 1.26% (after UK inflation)... am I wrong?

I invest in the S&P 500 from the UK. I am trying to calculate what my investment pot will be in 25 years, adjusting for inflation. Unfortunately, my calculations point me towards an abysmal inflatio …
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Why adjust for inflation annually, as opposed to realising it after the holding period?

Method 2 also assumes "spending" your dividends by re-investing in the same stock is not affected by inflation. …
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How do ETF fees get applied?

I'm reading the prospectus for an ETF I've recently purchased. It states: fees paid directly from your investment I understand how this works for the OCF. However, there are 3 further fees for t …
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Does an index have a currency?

Does an index like the S&P 500 (or any index for that matter) have a currency? For example, does it make sense to say that the S&P 500 closed at $2,132.98? Or would denoting the currency of an index …
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Do physical ETFs possess the same problems as CDOs?

Today Michael Burry explained to Bloomberg that ETFs are comparible to subprime CDOs, in that investors are buying securities that aren't backed by any real value: Passive investing has removed price …
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Why is this stock price inflated by 70x its real price?

The price for CSP1 (London Stock Exchange) has a short term price history that indicates the prices are roughly 7000% of what they are in reality. For example, on Jan 29th 2016 the price was reported …
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Why compare asset performance using returns, instead of using change factors?

Why do investors compare the returns of assets as opposed to the change factors of assets? E.g. comparing 6% / 4% instead of 106% / 104% to get the comparative performance of two assets. AFAIK compar …
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Are there any non-decreasing securities on the stock market?

Are there any securities traded on the stock market (i.e. ETPs) that never decrease in value? As an aside (in case anyone mentions bonds): I'm aware there's ETFs for AAA-rated government bonds, bu …
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