They said they hoped they’d die before they got old – but they didn’t, and here’s the graph to prove it. Plus the week’s good reads.
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I’ve gone fishing, almost literally, in the Med. Here’s a few things you might want to read in my absence.
Charlie Munger might have a name fit for a rapacious capitalist, but he’s got a philosopher’s heart.
Why you should drive a poor car if you want to get rich, followed by the rest of the week’s best reads.
Some musings, then the weekly reading links. I am a sucker for academic papers on happiness and money, and whether watching The Apprentice every Wednesday can do much for either. True, I’m not sure they’re of much practical use. I’ve got a hangover this morning, making me question exactly where I’m going with my life, [...]
One study suggests that there’s a clear link between working longer and dying younger. Better get reading and escaping.
A few good reads from across the Web. Some people should read more 1950’s science fiction to develop a sense of imagination, as well as to appreciate the impossibility of making accurate predictions about the future, even when you earn a living doing it. The people to whom I’m prescribing a course science fiction (three [...]
An interesting memo from a US fund manager warns that markets are already getting over-excitable. Plus the rest of the week’s reads.
The threat of a new dotcom bubble busted (for now) plus the usual links great and small from around the web.
National Savings & Investments has put its inflation-linked certificates on sale again. Get them before they’re gone! Plus the week’s links.
How the commodity bull market turned on the toss of a silver coin, plus more good reading from around the web.
A great book if you want to find your inner ambitious investor, plus lots of other good reads from around the web.
We can’t get enough of pensions at the moment. But unfortunately, we’re not paying enough into them, either.
Excellent reading from the Worldy Wise Web. Once upon a time, Black Swans were rarer than golden geese. But then Nicholas Taleb wrote his bestseller The Black Swan (not to be confused with the pouting Natalie Portman vehicle) and Black Swans have ever since been ruffling feathers everywhere. I have nothing against Taleb’s dark tome, [...]
The weather is too nice today to sit inside reading posts about money, but when the sun sets here’s a good list to turn to.
Thoughts on why the Great British consumer is finally on the run, plus good reads from around the Web.