Rogue Traders Were Around 400 years ago
When it comes to money, lying, cheating and stealing have been at the forefront of financial scandals for hundreds of years. The current...
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- Nov 6
- 5 min
What is the Average Return on Equity Markets?
Following a couple of conversations that I have had recently, I thought that I would try to explain why average returns on Equity Markets...
- Oct 9
- 4 min
Don’t Succumb to Investing Road Rage - If You Do, It’ll Cost You
I am sure it’s a situation we have all experienced, driving along the road, minding your own business in a considerate and safe way when...
- Oct 9
- 5 min
How to Set your Children up for Life
Life is increasingly more expensive. As inflation continues to push up the cost of bills and everyday items, and interest rates hurt...
- Sep 10
- 3 min
“E.T. Phone Home” - How Your Old VHS Movies Could Be Worth More Than You Think
These days we're spoilt for choice. At the click of a button you can choose from hundreds of movies and TV shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime...
- Sep 10
- 5 min
Will you Lose your Job to A.I. Robots – or are you Smarter than that?
In March, investment bank Goldman Sachs suggested in a report that Artificial Intelligence could destroy 300 million jobs worldwide (BBC...
- Aug 7
- 4 min
British Expats with Premium Bonds should sell now
They are nowhere near as good as they used to be and now that you are an expat, they simply don’t work! I know this will sound odd for...
- Aug 7
- 4 min
How Both Your Fantasy Football Team And Your Investment Portfolio Can Reach The Efficient Frontier
At the beginning of every August, an illness sweeps through the UK (and a lot of other countries too, I suspect). Like many epidemics, it...
- Jul 2
- 4 min
Like Indiana Jones, you can Outrun the (Retirement) Boulder
To achieve a comfortable retirement, ordinary people often have to fight larger forces, just like the characters in many Steven Spielberg...
- Jul 2
- 3 min
Investment Opportunities in De-globalisation and Re-Industrialisation
It is probably fair to assume that many considered the economy, with its interconnected markets and slick global supply chain as a...
- Jul 2
- 3 min
How Does an Expat Employee Request a Pay Increase
Many large, international companies rely on just a few long-term expatriate employees to sustain their international operations and...
- May 24
- 4 min
One for British Expats - Time is running out to increase your UK state pension.
Every year, retiring British expats realise they will have much less UK state pension income than they expected. It is very easy, in the...
- May 24
- 4 min
Investing in ‘The Latest Thing’ Companies Could Make You Rich - But It Probably Won’t
A few weeks ago, a long-standing client said to me “If only I had invested $1,000 in Microsoft, Apple or Google when they first listed!”...
- Mar 20
- 5 min
Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Is Your Bank Account Safe?
The financial world was shaken by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, 10th March. While U.S. regulators stepped in to try to...
- Mar 20
- 4 min
Estate Planning For Investments of Passion
Help Your Loved Ones Get The Best Value. Over the last couple of years I have posted a few articles about the growing value of...
- Jan 24
- 3 min
What Does 2023 Hold for Investors?
I know it is now late January, but a quick discussion of what may be ahead for investors this year seems worth a few lines. It is fair to...
- Jan 24
- 4 min
An Old French Librarian and his Effect on Modern Life
It is fair to say that, for most of us, the last year or so has been a time of tightening financial belts due to rising inflation,...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 5 min
The Fall of FTX
FTX’s sudden and catastrophic collapse sent shudders through the entire cryptocurrency industry. What was, at one point, the...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
The Threat of QR Code Scams
The adoption and use of QR codes has grown massively in the last 5 years. Three factors have contributed to this;- the increase in global...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
Lessons from the FIFA World Cup 2022
We are now down to the last eight teams standing in the 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup. World Cup matches are often unpredictable,...
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