Portfolio - My Own Advisor

Common Retirement Drawdown Orders

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Mark | 40 Comments

Common Retirement Drawdown Orders If you’ve been fortunate enough to amass some assets for retirement, well, this post is for you – here some common retirement drawdown orders to consider from my perspective and more importantly, why. Inspired by reader…

How I used to sabotage my portfolio

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Mark | 49 Comments

How I used to sabotage my portfolio Some recent reader questions prompted me to update this post – let’s go! Dedicated readers of this site will know I spend a lot of time writing about what’s working in my financial…

What’s in your portfolio? Robb Engen from Boomer & Echo

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Mark | 2 Comments

Over the last few weeks various bloggers and financial experts have been kind to respond to my question: what’s in your portfolio? I asked this question to find out what goals these investors had, learn a little about their investing…

What’s in your portfolio? The Dividend Guy

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Mark | 7 Comments

A few weeks back I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts recently to ask what’s in their portfolio. I did this to find out what their investing goals were, learn a little about their investing strategies, uncover some…

What’s in your portfolio? Big Cajun Man

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Mark | 8 Comments

If you’ve been following my blog for the last few weeks, you know I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. I did this to find out what their investing goals were, learn…

What’s in your portfolio? The Passive Income Earner

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Mark | 9 Comments

As part of Financial Literacy Month (last month), I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. More specifically, I wanted to pick their brains to find out what their investing goals where, learn…

Reader Question – Annual Cost of a DIY Portfolio

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Mark | 20 Comments

Reader Question – Annual Cost of a DIY Portfolio Over the last few weeks, the inbox to My Own Advisor has been flooded. Unfortunately it’s taken me a bit longer than I would have liked to get back to many…

Three Steps to Plan Your Portfolio

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Mark | 19 Comments

Three steps to plan your portfolio “Investing is simple, but not easy.” – Warren Buffett All too often, because we’re all human and flawed creatures, we take the simple and make it unnecessarily complicated all too quickly. For today’s…