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Reality Check: Fund performance is more about statistics than skill
As the year-end approaches, many investors will look back at their stock-market funds to see how they have performed. Typically,…
Techniques to beat the market
To say that we are in some kind of ‘new normal’ investment environment barely does justice to the surreal state…
Simple rules for happy retirement
‘Financial policy chiefs clash over best way to fund retirement’, said a recent FT headline. Andrew Bailey, head of the…
Interest rates have been too low for too long
Central banks are still keeping interest rates at rock bottom. When the 2007-8 financial crisis struck, reducing interest rates was…
A time for optimism
The Brexit referendum has changed everything — at least politically. A new Prime Minister, a new Chancellor and a new…
The post-Brexit building boom
Interest rates rocketing back to 1990s levels. Foreign investment funds fleeing for Frankfurt and Paris. The pound in free-fall, and…
Sifting for gems amid fading growth
The aura that once surrounded emerging -markets has dimmed lately. Of the original ‘Bric’ nations, the group that were supposed…
Power plays
All eyes are on North Korea. Not as an investment opportunity, I hasten to say, but as a nuclear threat,…
Plain vanilla – or too hot to handle?
‘Are they vanilla?’ is the first question you should ask about ETFs, or exchange-traded funds: so says veteran multi-family office…
Big boxes are the next growth story
Some time ago my eye was caught by the story of a boy who had taken his father’s credit card…
History’s handwritten treasures
The collection and display of the written word has long been a symbol of prosperity and prestige. From the Great…
Cash in the cellar
Achum of mine claims to have put two of his sons through private school solely on the back of his…
The US election is a race without a clear favourite
He can’t win, can he? Really? The unthinkable idea of President Donald J. Trump is becoming a very real possibility.…
Sorry, but a degree is a rotten investment
Almost half a million students start-university this month. It’s an exciting time: the launch of adult life and independence. But…
The legacy issue
Times of political change are also times to think about ‘legacy’. What will Barack Obama be remembered for: his nuclear…
At last, an end to excessive boardroom pay? Not likely
Patricia Cross wants to kill complexity. As chairman of the remuneration committee of Aviva, the insurance business that older customers…
The new space race
Imagine you were lucky enough to assemble Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon; Paul Allen, co-founder with Bill Gates of Microsoft;…
Older means richer
I was having my hair cut when I first heard the term. Roxanne (pierced nose, two years out of ‘uni’)…
Make your wealth last longer
We’re all getting older. We’ve just celebrated the Queen’s 90th as a very special occasion, yet by 2027 there will…
The next level
Everyone recalls the outstretched finger of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, who died 100 years ago next month. ‘Your country needs…
Aiming high
Aim — originally the Alternative Investment Market — is a curious entity that understandably excites conflicting responses. Since its launch…
Sell in May?
‘Sell in May and go away,’ says an old stock-market maxim. Despite mixed historical evidence, that advice is worth pondering…
Buy to build and beat the planners
Buy-to-let is dead — many say — killed off by George Osborne’s stamp-duty hike and withdrawal of tax allowances. Welcome…
Sane investing in a crazy world
The financial markets would appear to have gone mad. One third of all government bonds now trade with a negative…
Silver linings
Now might be a good time to add some silver to your portfolio. Silver is the poor relation of gold…
Winning bids
The Conservative party’s Black and White Ball is a lavish, billionaire-laden affair. Tickets can cost up to £1,500, with guests…
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Table Talk with Jeremy King
Jeremy King is behind some of the most iconic restaurants in London, including The Ivy, The Delauney, and Fischers. In this episode, he talks about why he left banking for hospitality...
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