Financial advice/insights blogs/videos

DireEmblem

Thought I would start a thread, and see what people use to read up on investment advice.

It can range from discussions on brokers, interest accounts, stock picks and so on.

I can’t say myself that I have ever found one I particularly like or is accurate, especially from YouTube/Reddit, and it is slightly concerning the amount of followers some have.

That being said, I do quite like reading the collective finance website, even though I don’t always free with their stock reccomendations.

MX5huggy

I like Ramin of Pension Craft https://youtube.com/c/Pensioncraft very calm, simple explanation. Bit too much US content, and sometimes wonder what you’re supposed to do with the information you’ve gained from the videos. 

Then I watched a few vids from https://youtube.com/c/JamesShack but his style is much less calming even if his message is much the same. Not sure he’s told me anything new but then I watched lots of Pension Craft. 

barnstar2077

I strongly second PensionCraft. 

I also like Joseph Carlson:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RSWGGYQnSTg

His videos are well presented and he talks about recent financial news.   He is completely US focused though, and he sometimes mocks some of the terrible advice he has seen on the internet, which could be a bit confusing if you have not been following him for a while.  Overall the quality of his content is high though, and he puts his money where his mouth is by showing you his portfolio every week and talks about companies he thinks will do well and his reasoning behind it.  He buys and holds for years and is very refreshing when compared to all the get rich quick channels! 

coastline

Beginners might find the likes of these handy.?

ISAs, Pensions - Money & Investment Advice - Boring Money

Bankeronwheels.com – Index Investing for European Investors

Blog (pensioncraft.com)

One link leads to another so here's a few I bookmarked a while ago.

Banker on FIRE - What An Investment Banker Does To Build Wealth, Reach Financial Independence And Live The Best Life Possible

diy investor (uk) (diyinvestoruk.blogspot.com)

UK Value Investor — For defensive value investors

Retirement Ace

Fixed Income Investor

IT Investor – Exploring the world of investment trusts

The markets

United Kingdom Financial Markets - Investing.com UK

United Kingdom Stock Market Index (GB100) | 1984-2021 Data | 2022-2023 Forecast (tradingeconomics.com)

Market Summary | StockCharts.com

FactSet (@FactSet) / Twitter

Yardeni Research

I can't think without a chart so I look at them all the time. Maybe others don't ? So the state of play on the daily and the weekly is showing indicators rolling over. Volumes have picked up. Is this a correction or a time to top up .? Well who knows but the signals are there.?

$SPX | SharpChart | StockCharts.com

$SPX | SharpChart | StockCharts.com

Eco_Miser

http://monevator.com/

Lots of advice on passive investing, lots of links to interesting articles each week, lots of discussion, some very technical, in the comments.

Thrugelmir

DireEmblem said:

I can’t say myself that I have ever found one I particularly like or is accurate, especially from YouTube/Reddit, and it is slightly concerning the amount of followers some have.

Accurate for what purpose.  Astute investors buy up stocks before parking their tanks on the lawn. 

coastline

A lot of Youtube tends to be daytraders so basically all guesswork. There is plenty of UK content when you search. Trouble is you need time to listen.

Proactive - YouTube

AJ Bell Youinvest - YouTube

Shares Magazine - YouTube

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) - YouTube

interactive investor - YouTube

Ian Shadrack - UK Investing - YouTube

Thrugelmir

coastline said:

A lot of Youtube tends to be daytraders so basically all guesswork. There is plenty of UK content when you search. Trouble is you need time to listen.

Proactive - YouTube

AJ Bell Youinvest - YouTube

Shares Magazine - YouTube

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) - YouTube

interactive investor - YouTube

Ian Shadrack - UK Investing - YouTube

Reading is equally time consuming.  There's no short cuts. 

Nurse2047

I’m another watcher of https://youtube.com/c/JamesShack I like his style of video and he is a financial advisor
i also watch

https://youtube.com/c/TheHumblePenny

https://youtube.com/c/MamaFurFur

https://youtube.com/c/DamienTalksMoney

https://youtube.com/c/MinorityMindset

https://youtube.com/channel/UCLV4Jl3XQNDNG4Sj94Fv-Fw

mr_accountant

A few on YouTube in no particular order

Ben felix- Canadian but applied everywhere, presentation based on evidence

Plain bagel - Canadian but again applied everywhere

Meaningfulmoney - Pete Matthews, large selection of content on everything, ultimate guides good

Some new channels (to me anyway) 

James shack - clear content

Principles personal finance - good presentation 

Chris Bourne tax free investing expert - clear, 'like his latest one on how to get more than 25% tax free lump sum'

damien talks money- good for beginners

Sasha yanshin & money unshackled - imo these two are a little more speculative but still lots of useful videos 

MAX_INCOME

For portfolio simulation trustnet.com is very useful for funds, ETFs and Investment Trusts. theaic.co.uk for Investment Trusts and retirementace.co.uk for retirement income planning.