12 Oct The Weekend Starts Here....
Books, GAIA, turbulent markets, keeping an open mind, why a proven investment strategy might not work for you, and much, much more. My top picks this week....
10 Oct Books I Read In... September 2018
I think we can safely say that autumn has arrived. September here in France was characterised by beautiful, sunny and warm days, with temperatures dropping sharply into single digits at night. Our 37-year-old horse, Uly, has his rug on at night now and we even...
05 Sep Books I Read in... August 2018
I find people endlessly fascinating, and that’s certainly been borne out in my August reading – biographies dominated....
31 Aug The Weekend Starts Here...
Honest journalism; anecdotes; the magician's trick; the man who owns the moon; putting your clients' interests first; becoming a better reader; who can best argue the case for active management; what is a trillion dollars? The best of what I read this week....
10 Aug The Weekend Starts Here...
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3 cracking books; Appealing Fictions; Making a Market; Timeless Investment Principles; To Do lists; Capitalism; Asking for Help; The (other) problem with active management; Zero fee funds; Table Stakes; French pastry wars. The best of what I read and watched this week...
06 Aug Books I Read in... July 2018
With temperatures nudging triple digits for most of the month once the morning farm chores are done all of us living here retreat to the cool of the house or the barns during daylight hours. But come the evening, when the temperature drops to...
13 Jul The Weekend Starts Here...
There's no such thing as too big to be simple; asset allocation across different ages; the ugly side of social media; you can't measure what's going on in people's heads; our behavioural biases; selecting an active fund manager; reading; financial therapy & marathons fuelled by...
06 Jul The Weekend Starts Here...
Books I read in June; advice to a stranger; proof negative; betting on things that never change; EBI West 2018; boring is good; the #1 rule in investing; fighting the good fight. The best of what I've been reading & listening to...
03 Jul Books I Read In.... June 2018
Bailout Nation by Barry Ritholz; Factfulness by Hans Rosling; I, Fatty by Jerry Stahl and Big Mistakes by Michael Batnick. The best of what I read in June....
08 Jun The weekend starts here...
Is The Handmaid's Tale fast approaching? The Psychology of Money. If bomb disposal experts can remain calm at work, so can you. News is Old. Life expectancy in Britain. The Next Fifty Years. Investor Coevolution. The importance of remaining intellectually curious. How do...