“The big private equity funds have proven to be a menace to healthy companies, to workers’ rights… These leveraged buy-outs leave the company saddled with debt and interest payments, its workers are laid off, and its assets are sold. A once profitable and healthy company...
Buffett; humility and our ability to learn; hungry mice; turning desert sand into farmland; the cost of bad advice; the benefits of doing nothing; it's ok to sin a little; humility (again); how the mighty are fallen; GDPR, and Buffett (again). The best of what...
Before long, they began to die. The first death occurred on the 12th February and the body was quickly thrown overboard. The second death, of John Wilson, coincided with the last of the biscuits having been eaten. After a short discussion, the...
Human nature; the value of time; the difference the right financial adviser can make; signal v noise; choose your friends carefully; Planning 101; the cost of waiting and how not to invest like a billionaire. The best of what I read this week...
A wanton seductress; the LIBOR scandal; what makes Pixar tick and a retelling of the story of Cain & Abel. These books are the best of what I read in April...
Fast decision making; the good, bad and ugly of owning stock in the company you work for; living your dream is not always what it's cracked up to be; the importance of being a patient investor; and a long-term one; managing luck; the price of...
What does a woman want from her financial planner or investment manager? She wants to be listened to and to feel that her views carry equal weight to her partner’s (if she has one). She does not want to be patronised and she...
Mount Stupid; the what-ifs; things that are true; people are not wooden blocks; the illusion of stock-picking skill; keeping an open mind; why don't we notice errors; the unstoppable rise of Amazon and how to make good decisions. The best of what I read this...
"Dirty weather,” Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell called the fog that had dogged him twelve days at sea. Returning home victorious from Gibraltar after skirmishes with the French Mediterranean forces, Sir Clowdisley could not beat the heavy autumn overcast. ...
The importance of effective communication; can money buy you happiness; beware the soothsayers; just because you can stop working doesn't mean you have to; the main reason for rebalancing your portfolio, and listening to rhubarb grow. These are the best of what caught my...