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Weekend reading: Guys? Guys?

Good reads from around the Web.

A quiet week on the blogs. Maybe too quiet, as they say on the front line.

Where has everyone gone?

Is it Black Friday fatigue, Christmas party exhaustion, or the miserable British weather (yesterday felt like the first time we’d seen the sun in a fortnight) that has kept bloggers away from their laptops?

One UK personal finance blog – UnderTheMoneyTree – seems to have expired entirely! At the time of writing there’s nothing but the web host’s holding page in situ asking if you’re the site owner and some Google adverts to peruse.

STOP PRESS! Under The Money Tree is online again, posting about [1] traders who are knackered with losing money.

I’m relieved, and will have to put away my “I blame the kids [2]” gag for next time.

But his revival doesn’t excuse the rest of them for resting. (And, um, it’s too late for me to rethink my editorial spin for this weekend. Sorry.)

Short cut

At least Hollywood still has its work ethic. The second trailer for The Big Short [3] movie is out, and I can’t wait for the full kahuna:

That said, I preferred the first trailer [4]. It made me feel smarter.

According to Rotten Tomatoes [5] the film looks to be a winner either way, with an 87% aggregated review score so far.

And if it’s rubbish?

Well, there’s always Star Wars.

From the blogs

Making good use of the things that we find…

Passive investing

Active investing

Other articles

Product of the week: Want to get into buy-to-let before April’s Stamp Duty hike? ThisIsMoney [19] flags up some eye-catching deals from Virgin Money [20] offering £750 cashback. But while Virgin’s buy-to-let rates [21] – including a two-year fix at 1.99% and a five-year fix at 3.15% – are competitive, there are big fees that will devour the cashback perk.

Mainstream media money

Some links are Google search results – in PC/desktop view these enable you to click through to read the piece without being a paid subscriber of that site.1 [22]

Passive investing

Active investing

A word from a broker

Other stuff worth reading

Book of the week: Everybody I meet who is deeply interested in investing seems to be reading Superforecasting [43] these days. I wonder if the authors saw that coming?

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  1. Note some articles can only be accessed through the search results if you’re using PC/desktop view (from mobile/tablet view they bring up the firewall/subscription page). To circumvent, switch your mobile browser to use the desktop view. On Chrome for Android: press the menu button followed by “Request Desktop Site”. [ [48]]
  2. But lagged his benchmarks, I suspect… and I’m a fan! [ [49]]