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Landlords: Evil or just trying to get along like the rest of us? Plus the rest of the week’s good reads…

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What caught my eye this week. Academic research has confirmed what we obsessive savers already suspected – that we’re pretty damn attractive to the opposite sex. As Jonathan Clements at The Humble Dollar reports: Savers, both men and women, were viewed as more desirable romantic partners, because they’re perceived to have greater self-control. In truth, [...]

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Property prices have begun to soften in several of the world’s global cities. Is this the start of the end of the mega asset boom?

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What caught my eye this week. People seem very confused about Amazon. This week I heard some market pundits chortling among themselves about how crazy high the valuation was for a company that “doesn’t make any money.” Ho ho ho! In fact they only stopped laughing to say Amazon really must be regulated because it’s [...]

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