Why I will never buy a financial product from a bank
Just a quick one to fit my inadequate feet into Richard’s very large shoes (well, usually dubious trainers actually, but don’t tell him I told you so) while he’s on holiday.
Rather than give the usual immaculate research and splendid detail which normally form the basis of Richard’s missives, I’m just going to report an incident […]
So long, and thanks for all the comments
I’ve never been one for market timing and I can’t believe my timing this time. I’m off for a couple of weeks, and its quite possibly the best possible time to be writing about stocks and shares. OK, the news isn’t all good, but there’s penty of it.
Normally I’d find it easy to switch off, […]
Why didn’t we see the credit crunch coming?
Because we can’t see the future, of course. So why did we willingly ignore the possibility events like these might happen? Beats me.
Yesterday John Humphreys spent a day in the City of London (BBC audio) trying to get a fix on the credit crunch for the Today Programme. One of the City types he quizzed […]
Budget reaction from real investors
I’m in the boardroom at Interactive Investor HQ watching the Budget with seven readers of this blog. Editor/commandant-in-chief, Steve McDowell, is in the chair for a special Budget edition of iBall, to go out later today (watch for it here).
Meanwhile I’m live-blogging our panel’s pithiest thoughts and you’re welcome to join in. Just post your […]
SCS Upholstery: So boring I can hardly bring myself to write about it
Sofas (yawn). Barely profitable companies (double yawn). Why oh why am I writing about SCS Upholstery? Even my own best friends can’t understand it.
It’s been a real struggle this week*1. On Monday, I wrote about ten boring companies in deep trouble. Then I picked SCS Upholstery (SUY), possibly the dullest of the ten, and wrote […]
Meet other investors and have your say on Budget Day
Come and have a glass of wine and bite to eat on March 12.
Apologies for the go-slow for the past week or so. I’m caught in a deadline nexus where some come forward, others resolutely refuse to move back, and I’m going away for a fortnight over Easter. But before that is the nation’s annual […]
