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 [...]
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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 [...]
(Source: Google Finance) When I wrote about currency risks and opportunities for investors in January, I mentioned I was going to leave my holdings in Japan untouched, rather than cashing in on the Japanese yen’s strength by converting my Nikkei tracker funds back into UK pounds. At the end of March, however, I changed my [...]
Every week I read a large number of personal finance and investing articles. Here’s my latest weekly shortcut to the best. Happy Easter! I’m in the country visiting my father and helping out with various strange tasks. I know I’m not the first person to be struck by the symmetry of life, and how you [...]