What caught my eye this week.
I continue to live out of boxes after the move – and more pertinently have no Internet as of yet – but I’m still reading and reading and reading when I’m out and about.
Google blew up my ad revenue when it insisted I make Monevator and other sites look good on mobile phones – but for these past few days I’ve been glad of it!
Here are the articles I bookmarked for the links this week. Feel free to add anything Monevator-y that I missed in the comments below.
Have a good weekend!
From Monevator
Our updated guide to help you find the best broker – Monevator [1]
From the archive-ator: They don’t tax free time – Monevator [2]
News
Note: Some links are Google search results – in PC/desktop view these enable you to click through to read the piece without being a paid subscriber.1 [3]
‘Universal basic income’: report suggests giving £10,000 to everyone under 55 – Telegraph [4]
Divorcing couples may clash over Bitcoin – BBC [5]
Home ownership among young adults has ‘collapsed’, IFS finds… – Guardian [6]
…though first-time buyer numbers just hit a 10-year high – Guardian [7]
Real estate bubbles worldwide [Yes, London is on the list] – Visual Capitalist [8]
The rising speed of technological adoption – Visual Capitalist [9]
Products and services
A risk too far: Accident victims and compensation [Search result] – FT [10]
Two thirds of investment shops ‘fail to publish full details of charges’ – Telegraph [11]
Auto-enrollment pension contributions set to rise: How to take charge – Telegraph [12]
Just 12 days left to spend your old £10 notes – Guardian [13]
Loyalty counts for nothing with household bills [Search result] – FT [14]
High out-of-contract prices for mobile and broadband can sting – ThisIsMoney [15]
Halifax offering £125 to open a bank account, but better deals around – ThisIsMoney [16]
Pocket money goes digital with apps for children as young as four [Search result] – FT [17]
A new way to approach alternative funds – Morningstar [18]
All the world’s a bet [Reviewing Thinking in Bets [19]] – Abnormal Returns [20]
Comment and opinion
Financial firewalls defend against volatile markets – Portfolio Charts [21]
The new Permanent Portfolio for millennials – A Wealth of Common Sense [22]
Is it fair to blame older people for the housing crisis? – Guardian [23]
Be terrified – The Reformed Broker [24]
A deep (and technical) dive into market gyrations/valuation – Grumpy Economist [25]
How to become an ISA millionaire – Interactive Investor [26]
Hedge fund mediocrity is the best magic trick – Bloomberg [27]
Get rich with… The Process – The Escape Artist [28]
Becoming a lender: What can possible go wrong? – FirevLondon [29]
Unraveling retirement strategies: The constant spending rule – The Retirement Cafe [30]
Should us stockpickers run our winners and cut our losers? – UK Value Investor [31]
Taking the plunge – SexHealthMoneyDeath [32]
London is a different country – Simple Living in Somerset [33]
No new stuff for a year – 3652 Days [34]
Off our beat
DIY solar energy project: Free energy for life! – Mr Money Mustache [35]
Can you save an American mall from extinction? [80s-style game] – Bloomberg [36]
And finally…
“You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a limited amount of fucks to give. Very few, in fact. And if you go around giving a fuck about everything and everyone without conscious thought or choice – well, then you’re going to get fucked.”
– The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck [37], Mark Manson
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- Note some articles can only be accessed through the search results if you’re using PC/desktop view (from mobile/tablet view they bring up the firewall/subscription page). To circumvent, switch your mobile browser to use the desktop view. On Chrome for Android: press the menu button followed by “Request Desktop Site”. [↩ [42]]