What caught my eye this week. I thought on Monday that a then-just-published post from Trend Labs giving a fun rationale for buying bonds would make good Weekend Reading fodder later in the week. But as the week closed – with US tech and AI shares coming off the rails, and long duration US bond [...]
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What caught my eye this week. When asked why he robbed banks, American heist-merchant Willie Sutton was quoted as saying: “Because that’s where the money is.” In the same vein, the graph below explains why the silver economy is so important to businesses – and politicians – these days: According to this analysis, those above [...]
What caught Frugalist’s eye this week. Remember when generative AI was all about making silly pictures, or conjuring up a bedtime story for the kids? Now, depending on which article you read, it will either bring us a four-day work week or else extinction by super-virus. Quite the coin flip. Raising the alarm To catch [...]
Model portfolios can catch a break, too. Plus all the best money and investing reads!
What happens when almost can write almost well with the aid of AI. Plus the week’s best money and investing reads…
What caught my eye this week. I just got back from a spell in Croatia, to a London equally hot, but without the Adriatic to take the edge off. And I felt the usual wistful thoughts about escaping it all. Look, Briton Goes On Holiday and Discovers Life on the Continent is Cheaper and Better, [...]
What caught my eye this week. I am finding it hard to get too worked up about the coronation of packet-fresh MP Andy Burnham as the UK’s new prime minister. Perhaps it’s Stockholm Syndrome after seven PMs in a decade, but there are worse things that could happen than when our party-first system puts a [...]
What caught my eye this week. This week saw Rotork and Gooch and Housego fall… No, not to the sharp blades with silver-studded hilts of Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s epic new blockbuster, despite their funny names. Rather, they’ve fallen to takeovers. The Great British boot sale continues. High-end engineer Rotork has been bundled into the [...]
What caught my eye this week. I suspect that in a few years, Terry Smith’s latest letter to investors in his once-beloved and all-conquering Fundsmith Equity Fund will be remembered as either a momentous pivot to rank alongside Dylan going electric at the Newport Folk Festival, or else a professional suicide note. Since launching the [...]