June 2009

Another crummy guaranteed equity bond from NS&I

June 30, 2009

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The 18th Issue GEB from NS&I offers limited returns for the risks of seeing no gains. I wouldn’t go near it.

Why I’d avoid these unlisted bonds like the plague

June 29, 2009

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Why would a company want to set back 500 years of history to offer its own bonds directly to the public?

Weekend reading: Death to commission edition

June 27, 2009

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Some interesting financial and investing posts I ran across this week, plus a few decent articles from the newspapers.

Four ways to invest in oil

June 26, 2009

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To invest in oil, you don’t need to buy barrels of the stuff. Here are five ways to get exposure to oil without dirtying your hands.

Five reasons to buy commercial property

June 24, 2009

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Price declines have been extreme, and in the medium-term the investment case for commercial property still stands.

Growth investing

June 22, 2009

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Growth investing is about putting your money into companies you think will make much bigger profits in the future.

Site update: Commenting now enabled

June 21, 2009

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Just a quick note to say I’ve caught up with 2009 and decided to enable comments across all posts on the site. I’ve manually gone through and marked them all to allow comments, but if I’ve missed one out and you’ve got something burning to share on it, please do let me know.

Weekend reading: Formula 1 in crisis

June 20, 2009

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Some interesting financial and investing posts I ran across this week, plus a few decent articles from the newspapers.

Capitalism 3.0: A groundless retreat from globalisation?

June 18, 2009

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People with an anti free trade agenda are going to try to hijack the financial crisis to increase regulation elsewhere.

Commercial property: I’m buying

June 16, 2009

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I think the time has come to buy commercial property. And almost nobody agrees with me.

How to make one million pounds

June 15, 2009

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I have written before about how much interest you’d earn on a million pounds. But how do you make your million pounds in the first place?

Commercial property is an attractive asset to own

June 12, 2009

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Property has bond-like qualities, in that it represents a solid asset that produces an income via rents.

Enough with the self-flagellation: We’ve just lived through a ten-year bear market

June 10, 2009

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The markets are still far below a level they first reached in 2000. They may go up or down, but don’t doubt we’ve suffered enough.

Cash and bonds are different investments

June 8, 2009

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Bonds are not the same as cash. To confuse the two is a flogging offence in my book.

Weekend reading for investors: 6/6/09 (Normandy edition)

June 6, 2009

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Some interesting financial and investing posts I ran across this week, plus a few decent articles from the newspapers.

The archive hour: Five provocative posts from the Monevator vaults

June 5, 2009

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I have been run off my feet recently, and unfortunately my $1 $2-a-day blogging habit has suffered as a result.