Why can’t investing be simpler

I started self-directed investing around fifteen years ago when I began working as a contractor and lost access to workplace pensions. I’ve always found it a challenge to balance life’s everyday commitments while finding time to manage my investments. It’s not that beer with friends, weekend’s away, mountain biking and the odd gig were priorities over securing a future for my family. It’s just that allocating time to invest, even an hour at the end of the day, felt not only challenging, but an impossible chore.

Not that I dislike investing, far from it. It’s just the whole process of…