Wealth & Financial Planning for women - collaboration not condescension
Désolé monsieur, but women tend to live longer than men...
Désolé monsieur, but women tend to live longer than men...
Is free will a myth? An interesting look at what influences even the simplest of the many decisions we make each day [3.36 min video] As with most things in life, what worked a couple of generations ago will not necessarily work today. Whilst most of...
“No passive investor cares much about governance of a particular company.” Todd Henderson and Dorothy Shapiro Lund, Wall Street Journal, 22nd June 2017 The above quotation comes from an article published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), access to which is only available to subscribers, although...
There seems to have been a preponderance of articles doing the rounds this week on the ‘topic du jour’ – crypto-currencies. The future of commerce, or another example of ‘tulip mania’? The jury appears to still be out. I must confess to not having given...
“The investor’s chief problem – and even his worst enemy – is likely to be himself.” - Benjamin Graham Until very recently I had never heard of Jonah Lehrer. Then, in the space of 48 hours, I read about him in Jon Ronson’s book, ‘So You’ve Been...
This piece is one of the best things I’ve read in the last week – it just goes to show how easy it is for us to be totally unaware of someone else’s struggles [5 min read] I wish I had written this – it tells...
I have read two articles in the last few days which triggered a trip down Memory Lane. The first was this Morningstar article, which looks at the history of the ‘cult’ fund manager over the last 30 years. Thirty years ago, in June 1987, I joined Hargreaves...
My monthly book review is up on the blog [5 min read] When Amazon first launched, the trade-off for getting great prices was a delay in receiving what you bought (as opposed to the instant gratification of walking out of the store with the item), and the lack...
I do the vast majority of my reading in the early mornings, when it’s quiet and peaceful. It’s a great way to ease myself into the working day. Throughout this month I’ve watched the sunrise arrive just ever so slightly later each day and now...