As I was going to (buy) St Ives
I wondered whether it would survive
It’s doubly ironic that St Ives (SIV) chooses to feature a direct mail campaign promoting Google Maps in its annual report.
Admittedly it also devotes pages to a giant carrier bag it made to promote Sainsbury’s Finance, brochures for the Brooklands Bentley car, a peelable front cover for Wallpaper* [...]
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. [...]
Haynes sleuthed
Today, I’m losing myself in the Grand Canyon du Verdon, but here’s something I hope you’ll enjoy. My Share Sleuth column in Money Observer. It’s on Haynes publishing (HYNS), which I’ve mentioned before. Here it is on the Interactive Investor mothership. And here’s a .pdf of the magazine page in all its sleuthing glory.
One correction, [...]
