I looked last week at the steep rises in US and UK bank share prices as the fear factor has fallen back. U.S. banks are up 50% over the month, for instance. But in the case of certain UK banks, the reversal has been even more extreme. Consider Barclays shares here in the UK. When [...]
2009
Every week I read a large number of personal finance and investing articles. Here’s my latest weekly shortcut to the best. The new UK tax year is nearly two weeks old, and even if this recent bank-led rally is due to run out of steam, it’s time for UK investors to start thinking about their [...]
The only thing worse than losing money in the investing game is thinking about profitable opportunities you missed out on. (Yes, investing is pretty much a recipe for misery. Seriously, go invest in a tracker instead). Anyone brave enough to buy certain UK bank shares a few weeks ago would by now have made a [...]
I was talking to a friend last night about what I’m currently doing with my life, and discussing whether either of us fancied starting a new business in the teeth of the recession. He told me – not for the first time – that he was getting itchy feet, and that he felt in a [...]