Getting Started
Lump sum or drip feed, and what the evidence says
Investing all at once has usually beaten spreading it out. Doing so is also harder, and that matters.
Getting Started
Accounts, first contributions and the decisions that only need making once.
3 articles · updated August 11, 2026
Getting Started
The decisions that only need making once
Most of investing is a handful of choices made at the start and then left alone. The rest is maintenance.
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Getting Started
The annual review that takes twenty minutes
A long-term portfolio needs maintenance, not management. Here is the whole list.