The US is drowning in debt and is doomed? No it’s not, if you also consider it has assets. It’s just another example of my crazy law of big number distortion.
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Curious about the government’s new Help to Buy scheme? Have I got the infographic for you.
Every three months, we give you an insight into how the key asset classes have been performing. Here’s our latest joint.
There’s nothing wrong with regulators lowering financial expectations, except the timing. The time to be afraid is when everyone is happy, not when they’ve given up.
Could seemingly good news about rising stock markets be stressing you out? Yes, if you watch it on the TV, according to academics.
RIT is back with his handy summary of all the big moves in stock markets, commodities, and UK house prices over the past three months. Get stuck in!
The rich are getting richer, the poor are going nowhere, and the middle-classes are calling for a communist revolution. What have you got to say about it?
I’m pleased to introduce a new quarterly information blast from guest blogger RIT. You’ll find trends in international equities, house prices, and all the key commodities.
Details about Barclays and other banks attempts to rig the LIBOR market for profit are just the latest drip drip drip in the leaking away of the case for bankers.
I’m very pleased to introduce this guest post by Pete Comley, author of the hit free eBook, Monkey with a Pin. (Now also available as an iTunes podcast). Take it away Pete! “Over periods of five years, the returns from shares have historically beaten cash around 80% of the time. Over 10 years, this rises [...]
It’s easy to be daunted by the vast debt numbers that seemingly threaten to overwhelm UK households, but remember we’ve got trillions in assets, too.
New figures reveal how much the nation has got stashed away in ISAs. And surprise surprise, it’s less than it should be.
More recent graduates are finding themselves in lower-skilled jobs, which makes the time and expense of going to university even harder to justify.
I think going to university is now too expensive, time consuming, restrictive and potentially soul-destroying for people with talent to bother with anymore. University has become a terrible deal, and most ambitious people shouldn’t go. There, I said it. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to admit to myself that tuition fees, [...]
If Scotland was to achieve independence from the UK, what would it mean for investors in Scottish managed financial products, and for other investments?