Monevator: Jobs, Salaries & Tech Stack (2026)

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Monevator is a personal blog about money: making, saving, growing, and sometimes even spending it. Please read the full disclaimer. It’s mainly written by myself (The Investor) and my co-blogger (The Accumulator) for people like us. We also get a little help from our friends.

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Blog 2 months ago

The way. (Or, why we invest)

I like walking. Fortunately, so does my wife. Our longest walk is the South West Coast Path. It took us seven years to cover all 630 miles, fitting in a week here and there while we worked full-time. Our second longest walk is the Camino Francés, a more m

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Blog 2 months ago

How long to earn a million pounds?

The old quip "Beer money, champagne taste" can be levelled at several acquaintances of mine - not least a good friend who lives in fine style for the present, but reacts like Dracula to sunlight when he hears the word 'pension'. Jousting over our contrast

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Blog 2 months ago

Weekend reading: Vanguard goes global for 0.07%

What caught my eye this week. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Weekend Reading - featuring the week's best money

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Blog 2 months ago

Practical FX hedging options for retail UK investors Members

Last time, Monevator guest contributor Ho Simpson explained what really happens when you currency hedge something in your portfolio - whilst simultaneously hammering our finance dictionary like an online Scrabble player who has bet their house on finding

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Blog 2 months ago

How to buy and sell index tracker funds

Previously we've run through how to open an online broker account and how to buy and sell ETFs. Today we're going to look at purchasing an index tracker fund. Next stop, the world - muhaha! (Oops, did I say that out loud? I meant to write: 'Next step, a g

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Blog 2 months ago

Weekend reading: Who's Balkanised now?

What caught my eye this week. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Weekend Reading - featuring the week's best money

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Blog 2 months ago

Buy-to-Let: the landlord trap tightens

For the best part of three decades, any idiot could make money in UK property. And, for a while, this one certainly did. September 2025 Agent: "It's rent review time. The current rent is £740 pcm. We're proposing £850." Me: "No. I really don't want to go

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Blog 2 months ago

How cash-like assets perform in a stocks and shares ISA Members

I don't know about you but I breathed a sigh of relief when the cash-like asset rules for stocks and shares ISAs were announced. They were nowhere near as bad as I feared. Money market funds (MMFs) are the only investment HMRC has defined as a cash-like a

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Blog 2 months ago

Weekend reading: Don't sweat the details

What caught Frugalist's eye this week. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Weekend Reading - featuring the week's be

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Blog 2 months ago

Pre-XD vs post-XD: Does dividend timing matter?

Congratulations! You've just inherited £100,000 from Great Uncle Bertie. Good old Bertie. Always liked him. Naturally, you're going to invest this for your future financial well-being. The pleasantly unexciting Vanguard LifeStrategy 60 will do nicely. You

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