by The Investor
on February 19, 2010
Ever heard the noise a fruit machine makes when you score three gold bars in a row?
Kerching! Kerching! Kerching!
Something similar can be heard gushing from the UK small cap sector at the moment, as public and private companies:
- Bring forward paying their dividends ahead of April’s tax hike on income for £150,000+ earners.
- Pay special dividends to get money out of the company and into shareholder’s hands, again ahead of that higher tax rate.
More on these special dividends
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by The Investor
on February 15, 2010
The housing charity Shelter is highlighting the over-valuation in UK house prices by comparing house price rises with the price inflation of milk, bread or a chicken over the past four decades.
Comparing with 1971, Shelter says UK house prices have gone up 40-fold.
- In 1971, the average UK house cost £5,632
- By 2008, the price was £227, 765
If various foods had gone up at the same rate we’d be paying:
- £47 for a chicken
- £20 for a jar of coffee
- £24 pounds for a small portion of mushrooms
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by The Investor
on February 13, 2010
My regular roundup of the week’s best money blogs and financial articles.
I went a bit crazy this week, with four articles on Anthony Bolton. (My last Bolton in China post has links to the other three). I also wrote about a Joseph Stiglitz lecture I attended, and a chap selling his future income for £1 million.
Regular readers may recall my goal to write shorter articles – the Bolton extravaganza was the sliced-and-diced result. But someone going deeper with more forethought was Adam Baker of ManVs Debt, who posted a three-part series on real estate at Get Rich Slowly.
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by The Investor
on February 11, 2010
Over the course of today’s celebration of all things Anthony Bolton, or more specifically his Special Situations China Trust, we’ve looked at:
Now it’s time to give my own personal verdict!
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