Commentary

Online financial advice is still in its infancy, though we’ve already come a very long way from helpful emails from a chap in Nigeria. What does the future hold?

I went to London to visit St Paul’s, and all I got was this crummy t-shirt saying money isn’t real but everyone should have more of it.

Markets are plunging again, but there’s nothing you can do about it. Concentrate on what you can control when you invest.

Shares are still plunging. If you’re brave there are some tempting investments to be made.

Should we be as worried as the markets are about equities, or should we more fear low bond yields? It really depends on our time horizon.

It’s a torrid time for stock markets, but why would anyone sane prefer to buy government bonds at historically tiny yields?

People have been doing rubbish jobs and hating it for hundreds of years. Modern office angst is nothing special.

The FT’s John Lee is an excellent investor, whose views on shares are well-worth following – but just don’t track too close behind.

Why help some City whizkid buy his first million pound loft apartment when he can’t even do as well as a simple ETF portfolio?

Would you rather have been born in the 1950s to a stable society and The Beatles, or in the 1970s, to the Internet and Al-qeada?

Don’t mention the war – German companies are among the best in the world, and they’re booming as the world recovers under dark clouds.

The lost decade in Japan haunts Western markets, as deflation stalks the land in the US and interest rates can’t go any lower. Here’s why you shouldn’t worry.

National savings certificates offered attractive vehicles for our savings, but there are various alternative homes for your money.

CGT rises to 28% but we’ve still got our annual allowance – and more importantly the country is being tilted back towards enterprise.

Wondering how your money will grow? Pondering whether it’s worth over-paying your mortgage? Muse no more, my friends.