Weekly Roundup, 23rd August 2016
We begin today’s Weekly Roundup in the FT, with the Chart That Tells A Story. This week it was about Santander cutting the interest rate on its current account.
Author: Mike Rawson
Starting a HL Portfolio
Today’s post is about starting a HL portfolio – a portfolio with Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the most popular platforms in the UK.
23 Things About Capitalism – Things 3 to 5
This post is the second in our series on 23 Things about Capitalism, based on the book by Ha-Joon Chang. Today we’re covering things 3 to 5.
Weekly Roundup, 16th August 2016
We begin today’s weekly roundup in the FT, where Claer Barrett looked at the proposed reforms to the consumer banking market.
Richard Dennis – A Legend Retires
Today’s post is a profile of Guru investor Richard Dennis, who appears in Jack Schwager’s book Market Wizards. His chapter is called A Legend Retires.
Company Pension Deficits – The Problem
Today’s post is about company pension deficits, which have been in the news a lot over recent weeks, following the collapse of the Tata (British) Steel and BHS schemes along with their parent companies.
Weekly Roundup, 9th August 2016
The big news last week was the Bank of England’s stimulus package, and the first interest rate cut for seven years. We’ll spend most of today’s Weekly Roundup talking about that, but I’ll squeeze a few more things in as well.
23 Things About Capitalism – Things 1 and 2
Today, after several false starts, we finally begin to look at Ha-Joon Chang’s "23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism".
Weekly Roundup, 2nd August 2016
We begin today’s Weekly Roundup in the FT, with the Chart That Tells A Story. This week it was about midlife renters.
Equities – Elements 21
This post is part of the Elements series, a Periodic Table of all the Investing Elements that you need. Today’s topic is Equities.
Globalisation and inequality – who gets what – part 2
Today’s post is once again about who gets what and why. This time we’re going to look at the topic from two different angles – globalisation and inequality, and the looming impact of technology.
