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Jul 20
5 min

Retiring to France - Tax, Pensions, Visas and Forced Inheritance

During the last 18 months, no less than 5 of my clients and friends have retired to France after a working lifetime in and around Asia,...

Jul 20
5 min

Frontier Market Investing - Does It Make Sense?

In 1893, historian Frederick Jackson Turner gave a talk to the American Historical Society stressing the image of the frontier as...

Jul 20
4 min

Will we ever Win the War on Investment Fraud?

“Some of the best entrepreneurs out there are scammers.” So says Mark Steward, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) director of...

Jun 22
4 min

Investments of Passion

From celebrity-endorsed trainers to first editions of popular novels, a new type of asset class seems to be emerging - And it’s a far cry...

Jun 22
4 min

A Break in the Conventional Wisdom on Pension Saving?

When should you start saving for retirement, and how much should you save? The conventional answers to these questions are ‘as soon as...

Jun 22
5 min

Hydrogen Fuel Cells ... The New Environmentally Friendly Kid on the Block?

As we know, Elon Musk’s Tesla has certainly made the car industry take notice with battery electric vehicles (EV), and if success is...

May 17
4 min

The Six Blind Men and the Elephant

Six blind men who had never come across an elephant before are asked to touch it, conceptualise it and then describe it. The first one...

May 17
3 min

Elon Musk and Tesla have a change of Heart about Bitcoin

Regular readers may remember that I was somewhat bemused at the news in February, that Elon Musk’s Tesla had invested some US$1.5Billion...

May 17
4 min

The Risk of High Inflation

As the world starts its exit from the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for goods and services is surging, and triggering worries about...

Apr 21
5 min

The Final Demise of the Madoff Ponzi

Whether you have Royalist or republican views, are a British or Commonwealth citizen, or from another part of the world, it has been...

Apr 20
5 min

When Being Average Wins...

We live in a time when being average can often be looked down upon. We are told that we need to strive to be ‘above average’ and win at...

Mar 23
3 min

The Wayne Gretzky Story...

As I have learnt in over 30 years of providing sustainable, long-term financial advice, some clients are regularly lured by short-term...

Mar 23
4 min

Beware of COVID-19 Pension Scams

Last week a long-standing client contacted me, apologised for being so silly, and asked me to confirm that an email he had received from...

Mar 23
4 min

You Can Ask Me Anything ... Almost!

Copyright and Thanks: Twisted Translations If you have seen on YouTube, the Google Translate/Rick Astley meme, you will understand how...

Feb 17
5 min

History Suggests a Fast Recovery once Covid-19 is Contained

I have mentioned in several past articles that anybody discussing recession suggesting ‘This time it’s different!’ is simply wrong, and...

Feb 17
3 min

The New Coal-Fired Tesla - Capitalising on Digital Trends

One of the basic issues discussed in detail by financial advisors when addressing client needs, is ‘Attitude to Risk’, or ‘Volatility...

Feb 6
2 min

The Short Squeeze

‘Reddit Traders vs Hedge Fund Shorters’ – Watching from the sidelines. Last week saw a group of amateur retail traders go up against...

Jan 19
2 min

Market Forecast 2021

Quam celerrime ad astra or abundans cautela non nocet (‘Rapidly to the stars’ or ‘One can never be too careful’) If Covid-19 defined the...

Jan 18
4 min

The Time Value of Money and What if the Trend of the Last 40 Years Reverses in 2021? (Part 2 of 2)

Last year (well, last month actually!) I talked about the time value of money - the idea that money in the future is worth less than...

Jan 18
5 min

Anyone for Scrabble?

When is an Index-Tracker Really an Index-Tracker? Firstly, imagine yourself taken back to New Year’s Day 1964. You have $200 to invest....

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Blog posts are listed in published date order, with the newest posts at the top.

Alternatively, you can find all posts relating to a specific subject by clicking on the relevant subject header in the blue box below, or using the search facility.

Please feel free to comment on any of my posts - Feedback is always welcome!

Retiring to France - Tax, Pensions, Visas and Forced Inheritance

Frontier Market Investing - Does It Make Sense?

Will we ever Win the War on Investment Fraud?

Investments of Passion

A Break in the Conventional Wisdom on Pension Saving?

Hydrogen Fuel Cells ... The New Environmentally Friendly Kid on the Block?

The Six Blind Men and the Elephant

Elon Musk and Tesla have a change of Heart about Bitcoin

The Risk of High Inflation

The Final Demise of the Madoff Ponzi

When Being Average Wins...

The Wayne Gretzky Story...

Beware of COVID-19 Pension Scams

You Can Ask Me Anything ... Almost!

History Suggests a Fast Recovery once Covid-19 is Contained

The New Coal-Fired Tesla - Capitalising on Digital Trends

The Short Squeeze

Market Forecast 2021

The Time Value of Money and What if the Trend of the Last 40 Years Reverses in 2021? (Part 2 of 2)

Anyone for Scrabble?

Blog posts are listed in published date order, with the newest posts at the top.

Alternatively, you can find all posts relating to a specific subject by clicking on the relevant subject header in the blue box below, or using the search facility.

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Please feel free to comment on any of my posts - Feedback is always welcome!

Retiring to France - Tax, Pensions, Visas and Forced Inheritance

Frontier Market Investing - Does It Make Sense?

Will we ever Win the War on Investment Fraud?

Investments of Passion

A Break in the Conventional Wisdom on Pension Saving?

Hydrogen Fuel Cells ... The New Environmentally Friendly Kid on the Block?

The Six Blind Men and the Elephant

Elon Musk and Tesla have a change of Heart about Bitcoin

The Risk of High Inflation

The Final Demise of the Madoff Ponzi

When Being Average Wins...

The Wayne Gretzky Story...

Beware of COVID-19 Pension Scams

You Can Ask Me Anything ... Almost!

History Suggests a Fast Recovery once Covid-19 is Contained

The New Coal-Fired Tesla - Capitalising on Digital Trends

The Short Squeeze

Market Forecast 2021

The Time Value of Money and What if the Trend of the Last 40 Years Reverses in 2021? (Part 2 of 2)

Anyone for Scrabble?