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A New York Times blogger puts the boot in the ‘lost decade’ myth, plus plenty of other good money reads from at home and abroad.

Everyone seems to agree it’s a good time to buy shares. But weirdly, plenty of people are selling…

S&P downgrades the U.S. as the fourth worst week of all-time for the FTSE 100 ends… Saturday mornings were made for reading all about it!

They said they hoped they’d die before they got old – but they didn’t, and here’s the graph to prove it. Plus the week’s good reads.

Charlie Munger might have a name fit for a rapacious capitalist, but he’s got a philosopher’s heart.

Some musings, then the weekly reading links. I am a sucker for academic papers on happiness and money, and whether watching The Apprentice every Wednesday can do much for either. True, I’m not sure they’re of much practical use. I’ve got a hangover this morning, making me question exactly where I’m going with my life, [...]

A few good reads from across the Web. Some people should read more 1950′s science fiction to develop a sense of imagination, as well as to appreciate the impossibility of making accurate predictions about the future, even when you earn a living doing it. The people to whom I’m prescribing a course science fiction (three [...]

The threat of a new dotcom bubble busted (for now) plus the usual links great and small from around the web.

How the commodity bull market turned on the toss of a silver coin, plus more good reading from around the web.

We can’t get enough of pensions at the moment. But unfortunately, we’re not paying enough into them, either.

The weather is too nice today to sit inside reading posts about money, but when the sun sets here’s a good list to turn to.

The Japanese market looks cheap, and as long as the nuclear situation is contained, returns will likely be superior from here. Is it wrong to buy?

Some good money reads from around the web. I was going to focus this week on the truly bonkers ruling from the European Court of Justice regarding gender discrimination and financial services: Taking the gender of the insured individual into account as a risk factor in insurance contracts constitutes discrimination. This isn’t so much a [...]

Some People Just Can’t Let The Financial Meltdown Go: Redux. Plus some good reads from around the web.