Weekend reading: On the road

My regular roundup of decent reads.

I have to get stuck right in this week as I’ve a crazy early train to catch. (I’m off to a rain lashed house in the provinces to kitten-sit. Really).

Hope you enjoy some of the following articles, and thanks as every for stopping by.

Views from the blogs

• Calculating real estate returns [good comments!] – Oblivious Investor
• Technological revolution raises the tide – Investing Caffeine
• From Peak Oil to Depression – Simple in Suffolk
• Who cares what others think? – The Munro Blog
• Automate your savings – Moolanomy
• Clean and cheap fruit and veg – Len Penzo
• Am I living in a parallel universe? – Financial Samurai
• Metaphors of mind and money – The Psy-Fi blog
• Four fund metrics that hurt – Amateur Asset Allocator
• What to do with a windfall – Wealth Pilgrim (by SVB)

Articles from the big boys

• A mirage, not a miracle (on banking) – The Economist
• Hong Kong’s economy: End of the experiment – The Economist
• How compulsory annuities will be scrapped – Motley Fool
• Cameron to back BP in the US [now well is capped?] – FT
• Beware of advisers pitching offshore bonds – FT
• Reading the investment cycle clock – FT
• Funds investing in agriculture – FT
• House prices to fall by 20% by 2012 – Telegraph
• Bolton on China and double dips – Telegraph
• Refund late tube journeys with a click – Independent

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