November 2009

Weekend reading: Countryside retreat

November 29, 2009
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Eagle-eyed readers may have spotted I only wrote one post this week, and also that today’s round-up is 24 hours late.

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Reminiscences of a stock market wallflower

November 24, 2009
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In the ten years since the dotcom shares peaked and then began to plunge, everything and nothing has changed.

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Weekend reading: All abroad

November 21, 2009
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A nice selection of blog posts and other financial articles for you to read while I dice with death on an Eastern European motorway.

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At what yield are government bonds a buy?

November 19, 2009
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At what yield do risk-free government bonds become attractive, and why?

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Turn your gold into cats

November 19, 2009
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Now the jokes are appearing, how many lives does this bull market have left? Well, one analyst says today gold could go up five-fold.

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The reality of making money from iPhone apps

November 17, 2009
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What does it really take to developer and release an iPhone app for profit? I don’t know, so I asked a man who does.

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Buy government bonds – eventually

November 16, 2009
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I want to buy a small amount of government bonds, but I’m too mean to pay a high price for their security and low returns.

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Weekend reading: Peak gold or peak gold price?

November 14, 2009
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Gold hit new highs again this week. A simple case of supply and demand or an investment mania with all the makings of a bubble?

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Can you make money developing iPhone apps?

November 13, 2009
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Developing iPhone apps seems a potentially low risk way to make decent money. But what’s the reality behind the hype?

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How Property Income Distributions (PIDs) are taxed

November 12, 2009
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Property income distributions are taxed differently to dividends, and if you use an ISA you may have tax to reclaim.

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Think long term (or kiss goodbye to civilisation)

November 11, 2009
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Nobody ever won a girl or wrote a pop song by thinking long term. But being a little bit boring goes a long way.

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How UK dividends are taxed

November 10, 2009
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You pay less tax on dividend income than you do on savings, giving shares another advantage for long-term investment.

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Weekend reading: Don’t get ill

November 7, 2009
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Some maudlin thoughts about illness and death to go with your Saturday brunch, followed by some financial articles worth reading.

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The unseen assets on your balance sheet

November 5, 2009
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My friend suspects I’m wealthier than him just because my money is in shares, while his is in property. He’s wrong.

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Perfect 10 investing

November 2, 2009
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The world of chasing endless beauty queens in the absence of all other kinds of women or relationships isn’t for me.

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