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Where My Money Is Going 5 Oct 2012 | 12:36 am
When I look at my portfolio I always feel a sense of inadequacy. I don't seem to do what most serious investors do. I don't have government or company bonds. I don't have gold. I don't do investment t...
Financial Futures 15 Sep 2012 | 01:08 am
Well, it has been over a year since my voluntary severance and I'm now in a better position to gauge whether the financial predictions I made in the run-up to leaving work are working out as I thought...
Living in London 2 Jun 2012 | 08:00 pm
Now don't get too excited, but I am breaking out of my self-imposed limbo to examine my expenditure now that I have crossed the divide from employment to non-employment (that's about the most neutral ...
In Limbo 21 Feb 2012 | 11:52 pm
For the devoted few, it will not have escaped notice that my posting has fallen off considerably over the past few months. This is because I have become involved in a few personal projects which are t...
Annual Roundup 31/12/2011 31 Dec 2011 | 08:03 am
Well, an interesting year, financially, for both the world and yours truly. My own progression from employment to early retirement went as planned, but I did not foresee the economic problems that cau...
Monthly Roundup 3/12/2011 2 Dec 2011 | 06:00 am
Yet another see-saw month. Another boost for equities, this time from central banks. Some good employment news from the USA, has temporarily reversed market gloom, but everyone knows that the fundamen...
The Bad Portfolio 20 Nov 2011 | 09:51 am
In these days of bad banks and bad loans, I thought I ought to identify the my own bad portfolio. These are stocks that I bought in 2009/2010 which have, let us say, not completely lived up to expecta...
Monthly Roundup 30/10/2011 31 Oct 2011 | 12:03 am
Another month, another Eurozone rescue. The market rally over the past few weeks has done wonders for my net worth but it's scarcely to be trusted. Other investments are not looking too good: 3-4% in ...
Monthly Roundup 30/09/2011 1 Oct 2011 | 09:12 pm
Q. How many European leaders does it take to change a lightbulb? A. None. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the lightbulb. That joke courtesy of the Telegraph, as is this graphic: which, I thi...
Where did it all go right? 21 Sep 2011 | 06:36 am
Well, I am a few weeks now into early retirement and the truth is I have really very little to report. I seem to have been very busy with domestic, financial and family matters; so much so, that I don...
