The initial results of the government’s assessment of what makes us happy, plus good reads from around the Web.
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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?
If kids wanted to learn about mortgages and how to calculate the APR on loans, the world would be a very different place.
Being a well-known grouch in everyday life, I frequently surprise myself with my optimism when writing Monevator, and this plan to mine asteroids sounds exciting to me.
An apology for the break in your regular scheduled service, and a good read from Jeremy Grantham leads this week’s weekend reading list.
If you find it hard to envisage yourself as a pensioner — and so begrudge your future self another penny — you’re not wise, but you’re also not alone. Plus other good reads from around the web.
It’s Easter – a time of new beginnings, spirituality, chocolate eggs, talking rabbits, and reading about investing in articles from around the Web.
A new information from The Munro Fund aims to collate UK passive investing fund stats in one place. Plus lots of other good reads from around the Web.