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Weekend reading: Spain, the market that thinks it’s 2009

May 12, 2012
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Spanish shares look cheap as potatas bravas. Should we be loading up?

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Weekend reading: Should personal finance be taught in school?

May 5, 2012
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If kids wanted to learn about mortgages and how to calculate the APR on loans, the world would be a very different place.

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Weekend reading: Planetary Resources

April 28, 2012
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Being a well-known grouch in everyday life, I frequently surprise myself with my optimism when writing Monevator, and this plan to mine asteroids sounds exciting to me.

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Weekend reading: We interrupt your scheduled programming…

April 21, 2012
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An apology for the break in your regular scheduled service, and a good read from Jeremy Grantham leads this week’s weekend reading list.

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Weekend reading: Saving your future lifestyle

April 14, 2012
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If you find it hard to envisage yourself as a pensioner — and so begrudge your future self another penny — you’re not wise, but you’re also not alone. Plus other good reads from around the web.

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Weekend reading: Easter edition

April 6, 2012
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It’s Easter – a time of new beginnings, spirituality, chocolate eggs, talking rabbits, and reading about investing in articles from around the Web.

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Weekend reading: New site to help passive investors zero in on tracker data

March 31, 2012
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A new information from The Munro Fund aims to collate UK passive investing fund stats in one place. Plus lots of other good reads from around the Web.

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Weekend reading: Budget 2012 roundup

March 24, 2012
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A roundup of the budget roundup coverage, for anyone still awake at the back. Plus some other good reads from around the Web.

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Weekend reading: Did George Osborne just tell us to sell bonds?

March 17, 2012
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Is it time to get out of what increasingly looks like a bubble in bonds? Plus some good reads from around the web.

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Weekend reading: Did you buy into the three-year bull run?

March 10, 2012
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Three years on from the bear market low, and markets have roughly doubled in the US. Did you listen to the numbers or the doomsters?

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Weekend reading: Over the top, again

March 3, 2012
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US investors have been piling into the market again, just as its indices hit multi-year highs. At least Monevator readers are a bit savvier.

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Weekend reading: Buffett’s new shareholder letter

February 25, 2012
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It’s not really fair that Warren Buffett is a genius investor AND a compelling writer about investment. Thank goodness he doesn’t have a blog!

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Weekend reading: Warren Buffett warns on bonds and gold

February 11, 2012
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Warren Buffett says that gold has no value, except as something incredibly expensive that you can fondle. (Surely he’s thinking of my ex-wife, etc etc etc.)

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Weekend reading: Get a model education courtesy of Stanford University (for free)

February 4, 2012
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A free lecture course from a top university to help you catch up with Charlie Munger. Plus other good reads from around the Web.

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Weekend reading: The frugal mum who paid cash for her first house

January 28, 2012
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Does it make sense to save up for a house instead of getting a mortgage? Maybe not, but one frugal mum in America writes how she did it. Plus more good reads.

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Weekend reading: How governments have previously inflated away debt

January 21, 2012
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One blogger explains why governments are more likely to pay off debts with a healthy dose of inflation than to raise taxes. Plus other good reads from around the Web.

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Weekend reading: Morningstar’s new investment trust ratings

January 14, 2012
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Is a new era dawning for our venerable investment trusts? Plus some other good reads from around the Web.

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Weekend reading: Are REITs right when saving for a deposit?

January 7, 2012
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Some good reads from around the Web.

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Weekend reading: Your New Year future self, plus a look back

December 31, 2011
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Are you going to make some resolutions for 2012? Good idea, but will your future self be as committed to sticking with them?

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Weekend reading: The other benefits of index funds

December 24, 2011
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There are plenty of reasons to recommend index funds, beyond just their low fees. Plus other good reading from around the web.

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Weekend reading: Our greatest export, the Joneses

December 17, 2011
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That rich Chinese consumers like a bit of flash won’t come as a shock to anyone following the earnings of various leading brands. How depressing – for them.

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Weekend reading: How we’ll die rich and irrelevant

December 10, 2011
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A new report from Goldman Sachs claims we Brits and Americans will still be plenty rich in 2050. But smaller populations means our economies will no longer dominate the global stage.

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Weekend reading: Steve Keen and the writing off of all debt

December 3, 2011
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Steve Keen thinks we need to write off all debts and deliberately bankrupt most of our banks. Just another weekend four years into the financial crisis…

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Weekend reading: Other people’s earnings revealed

November 26, 2011
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If you’ve ever wondered what a ‘public service admin professional’ makes then The Guardian has just the run through for you. Beware: they may make more than you do!

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Weekend reading: Understanding the Germans

November 19, 2011
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A great explanation of why the Germans are stuck in the past and threatening their own future, plus some other good reads from around the Web.

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Weekend reading: Italy pushes me to the tipping point

November 12, 2011
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Europe stepped to the brink this week, but happily it swerved away from leaping into the abyss. Even I got scared, and I’m a Panglossian permabull by modern standards.

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Weekend reading: A political day is a long time in the markets

November 5, 2011
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With political posturing in Athens sending boy traders into a tizzy in London and New York, there couldn’t be a better time to ignore your portfolio and reading instead.

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Weekend reading: Fat cats of the land

October 29, 2011
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Read all about it: Executive pay is soaring, based on little but their ability to capture a great salary from compliant boards and shareholders.

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Weekend reading: 11% real returns for a decade from shares?

October 22, 2011
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If history is any guide, the next decade could see an 11% per year return from shares. Are you invested accordingly?

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Weekend reading: Genius speech

October 8, 2011
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More Steve Jobs, then a slew of investing and money articles from around the Web. I regret not writing a gushing post about Steve Jobs earlier this week. Instead I prevaricated and made the point that Steve Jobs’ legacy could be to put off would-be entrepreneurs who didn’t happen to be a once-in-a-generation genius. That [...]

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