What caught my eye this week.
Morning! I am racing about today so I’m going early with our compilation of the latest money and investing articles to have caught my attention.
If you spot something I’ve not listed – particularly from the weekend personal finance pages – then please do add it with a summary in the comments below. I will be popping onto my mobile every few hours as usual to moderate the comments, and I’m sure your fellow readers would appreciate the heads-up.
Otherwise, thanks as ever for checking in on our site and have a great weekend!
From Monevator
Something to lose – Monevator [1]
From the archive-ator: How to start and run a professional fund – Monevator [2]
News
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Brexit uncertainty could lead to a rate cut, hints BOE insider – BBC [4]
Borrowing data leave Sajid Javid’s fiscal rules for UK in shreds [Search result] – FT [5]
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Where the world’s wealthiest families are putting their capital – Institutional Investor [7]
Products and services
October is Free Wills Month – Free Wills Month [8]
Swapping a buy-to-let property for a managed holiday rental – ThisIsMoney [9]
Virgin Money has launched a limited-access table-topping 1.45% savings account – Virgin [10]
Sainsbury joins Tesco in pulling out of the mortgage market – ThisIsMoney [11]
Ratesetter will pay you £100 [and me a cash bonus] if you invest £1,000 for a year – Ratesetter [12]
£6-a-month Monzo Plus account is axed after just five months – ThisIsMoney [13]
Twitter is cracking down on financial scams – Engadget [14]
One lady learned her Amazon account was hacked when a new TV turned up – ThisIsMoney [15]
Comment and opinion
There are no secrets – Of Dollars and Data [16]
You never go to Pret… and 24 other signs of financial maturity – Guardian [17]
Why I opened Junior ISAs for my children – IT Investor [18]
The case for global diversification is as strong as ever – The Evidence-based Investor [19]
Embracing mistakes – Novel Investor [20]
Working after retirement? Eight ways to reinvent yourself – Money Observer [21]
Benchmarks and benchmarking – Calibrating Capital [22]
Fat, happy, and in over your head – Morgan Housel [23]
Filling the vacuum where status anxiety thrives – Abnormal Returns [24]
Smart Beta vs. Alpha + Beta [Nerdy!] – Enterprising Investor [25]
Naughty corner: Active antics
An excellent example of changing your mind [On Uber] – Stratechery [26]
Hope is not a strategy – Demonitized [27]
My biggest portfolio mistake [Note: refers to US capital gains regime] – Morningstar [28]
Company visits aren’t really important for stock pickers – Albert Bridge Capital [29]
The Woodford Patient Capital Trust plunges again – ThisIsMoney [30]
A reminder of how many unicorns still need an exit – TechCrunch [31]
97% of day traders in this study lost money [Research, PDF] – SSRN [32]
Brexit
Investment trusts that should gain from a Brexit deal – Money Observer [33]
Tory MPs beware: if you whip up an angry mob, they may end up angry with you – Marina Hyde [34]
[Otherwise, “I can’t even”, as the kids say. If you’re *still* entirely relaxed, try harder.]
Kindle book bargains
ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever by Jason Fried and David Hansson – £1.99 on Kindle [35]
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion – £0.99 on Kindle [36]
One Last Job: The true story of Brian Reader, the man behind the Hatton Garden heist by Tom Pettifor – £0.99 on Kindle [37]
Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO is Shaping our Future by Ashley Vance – £1.99 on Kindle [38]
Off our beat
How the puffy vest became a symbol of power – Business of Fashion [39] [via A.R. [40]]
More than half of native trees face extinction, study warns – Guardian [41]
Why ‘do the best you can’ is terrible advice – Fast Company [42]
“This isn’t a paranoid future nightmare”: The return of Chris Morris – Guardian [43]
And finally…
“No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.”
– James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small [44]
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