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Every now and then someone pats me on the head and tells me I don’t understand that the real smart money is in hedge funds. BAD IDEA.

Monevator has been nominated for a blog award, and we’re a little bit chuffed. Plus the usual good reads from around the Web.

Many will find a listing of the top 50 safest global banks a contradiction in terms. I feel their pain, but this widespread disdain may present an opportunity.

One thing that has reliably put me off investing in gold over the years is people who invest in gold.

Bill Gross says stocks are dead (again). Who knows, he may well be right, but his maths is wrong. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.

The initial results of the government’s assessment of what makes us happy, plus good reads from around the Web.

The best bit of banker bashing you’ll read all year — because it’s so eloquently put, rather than a rant — plus the rest of the week’s good reads.

What about the workers? Why buying less and working less is probably not a solution to wealth inequality.

Average stock market returns may be say 11% a year, but that doesn’t mean you should expect them in any given year — the market is far more volatile.

A plea to ignore the big fat zeros you’ll see next to some of our Like buttons on our pages – or better yet to Like them yourself. Plus the usual good reading!

Capital Gains Tax is a tax on success, and perhaps the most frustrating tax of all to pay, especially when just buying a house and sitting in it is better rewarded.

Last week we were bombarded with readers alerting us via email to the cost-grenade lobbed into the midst of their best-laid plans.

Wondering how much house prices have gone up since the Queen took the throne? Or how much the stock has market risen? No? You just want to eat cake? Tough, I’m telling you anyway.

Does the Greek self-delusion give us a glimpse into our own culture of entitlement and denial back home in Blighty?

Spanish shares look cheap as potatas bravas. Should we be loading up?