How Quantitative Easing has increased inequality
Quantitative Easing was supposed to generate inflation – but its primary result has been to exacerbate inequality.
Interest rates aren’t coming back up
When multiple explanations are pointing to the same outcome, you can have a good level of certainty about what will happen next.
Stronger, smarter, richer
How to harness the principle of compound interest to get whatever you want – with just a small daily effort.
The perfect portfolio: How to balance the 3 motivations of investing
Protect, Maintain or Improve: Once you know WHY you’re investing, all your other investment decisions fall into place…
Bonds: All risk, no reward
Historically, there have been very good reasons to invest in government bonds. Now, I don’t believe there are. Find out why…
The power (and danger) of questioning the defaults
95% of people never question the defaults. Should you?
In praise of the lightweight life
You don’t have to become a full-time globetrotter – you can still get most of the benefits by embracing a “lightweight life”…
Are Premium Bonds worth investing in?
Premium Bonds are a thoroughly bizarre savings product: one I’d paradoxically call a “safe gamble”. But are they worth investing in?
The importance of the right goal (Or: My excuse for never having a best seller)
Someone else’s goal shouldn’t necessarily be yours – and if you don’t take the care to pick the right goal, you could end up unhappy.
In praise of procrastination
Don’t beat youreself up for procrastinating – instead, turn it into a tool to understand yourself better.