Cracking good reads this month: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage – Alfred Lansing; Shadow Divers – Robert Kurson; The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable – Nassim Nicholas Taleb ; Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder, and the Birth of the FBI...
The perils of living next door to a lottery winner; Wall St convicts; Do you feel lucky?; Having all your eggs in one basket; the value a good planner adds; Helping our clients spend their money; Beware of hot tips from friends; Not all the...
“Don't you know about the praying mantis that waved its arms angrily in front of an approaching carriage, unaware that they were incapable of stopping it? Such was the high opinion it had of its talents.” ― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu ...
Perfection v impact; compelling headlines; what happens in an internet minute; risk v reward; letters to your kids; buy low, sell high sounds easy; saturation divers; how to get wealthy; chart crimes; the beauty of hindsight and LFC and the Champions' League Final. The best...
The word ‘genius’ gets bandied about a lot. I am a believer in genius, as opposed to exceptional intelligence, but I think it is much rarer an attribute than we think....
“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...