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The Nobel name dropping game
8th February 2019
The Nobel name dropping game
8th February 2019Working inside the Financial Services industry for 25 years (and observing it from the outside for another five) I guess I’ve seen most of what goes on there. I know what good (and fair priced) financial products – and financial advisers – look like. And some of those advisers are really good at their job. But…
Two Nobel prize winners
8th February 2019
Two Nobel prize winners
8th February 2019Some financial advisers promote their investment service as ‘robust’ because it’s based on the ideas of a particular Nobel Prize-winning economist. The trouble is, they don’t tell you about the other Nobel Prize winner of the same year – who had very different ‘herding’ ideas about what drives prices in stock markets 😉 Here’s an…
How do house prices look now
8th February 2019
How do house prices look now
8th February 2019With UK home prices having fallen (on both the Halifax and Nationwide indices) recently … it’s a good time for a fresh look at price prospects. For thoughts on USA house prices go to this page Or to see if RENTING really is ‘money down the drain’ see here Here I want to ask if UK…
US House prices now
8th February 2019
US House prices now
8th February 2019It’s often said, in the USA, that Janet Yellen didn’t have any appetite for pricking bubbles – or upsetting pr_cks – before her departure as the head of the US Federal Reserve. And whilst Jerome Powell (the new head of the Fed) seems happy enough to upset Trump (not difficult) … and has been raising interest rates for…
To buy or not to buy
6th February 2019
To buy or not to buy
6th February 2019To buy – or not to buy (and rent) that is the question! Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous house price growth … … OK, sorry, got carried away there. The truth is that buying a property is one of the biggest financial decisions we will ever…
Know your elements of well-being
16th July 2018
Know your elements of well-being
16th July 2018Hey guys, a couple of years back (Sept 2015) I had a great day out listening to experts in well-being – and saw the Dalai Lama interviewed on stage at a London Theatre.
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