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Step forward… The real Thrifty 30

In practice:
I name this portfolio…
Regular readers will be familiar with my Thrifty 30 portfolios. They are portfolios of thirty shares in financially strong companies at cheap prices. I first tried it on this blog, then I had a go for Money Observer [pdf]. Up to now, though, I have not maintained a Thrifty 30 portfolio. [...]

Keeping cool in the credit crisis

Yesterday Wiley, the book publisher, sent me a flyer entitled “Keep your Cool in the Credit Crisis”. It was promotional blurb on eight books that promise to help, including two from the ‘For Dummies’ range. The ‘b side’ lists eight ‘Crash Classics’. When publishers bring out ‘Credit Crunch for Dummies’ books*1 and ‘best of’ compilations [...]