As featured in the October issue of Master Investor. When Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, it was (as we all know) “one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind.” However, it was also a giant leap that for a long time wasn’t followed by many…
I/my family own c. 250,000 Watchstone (WTG). Latish yesterday it emerged that a firm of solicitors, styled Your Legal Friend (hem hem), have submitted a claim against Watchstone for, essentially, the consequences of the actions of a previous board. WTG advise that the claims come to £9.4m and that they will in any event be…
I’ve got a Twitter account. You might like to follow me on it: @Adrian_KC Historically I’ve not used it much because it’s fallen short of Facebook for discourse. You can’t make a proper qualified statement on Twitter because the 140th character is likely to be the comma before the qualification, which thus won’t exist. This…
Back in September I wrote a piece for these pages (Airport Wars: Heathrow versus Gatwick) in which I explained why a third runway at Heathrow is the best outcome for the British economy but that this decision is politically fraught. I am not going to recycle the contents of that piece here but, in a…
As featured in this month’s magazine. It can’t be can it? Is it really nearly Christmas again? Frankly I feel Scrooge-like about it. Bah humbug! I hate the cold, the dark and all that. And those annoying TV ads. And… look you don’t want me spoiling it for you; I’m off to Dubai for some…
As featured in this month’s magazine. The pension freedoms that came into force in April have resulted in a massive change to the way that people finance their retirement. Data from the Association of British Insurers shows that in the first six months under the new rules a total of £2.85bn was invested in income…
10 December 2015 Dear Mr Sainsbury On behalf of the Tonbridge WI, I would like to congratulate you on the quality of your Sainsbury’s Exceptional Mince Pies this year. Last year, the ladies opined that they contained an excess of cinnamon, and our Treasurer, Mrs Bland, who is allergic to unnecessary foreign ingredients, experienced palpitations.…
As featured in this month’s magazine. There’s no easy way of telling Millennials that they should be saving in their twenties. It is a necessity for anyone that wants security in their thirties and forties; yet it seems to kill all conversation when brought up with those asking for advice. It even instills fear into…
It would seem that the Saudis want everyone to go bust in their attempt to tear down the shale oil revolution, only to push oil prices back up again in future. But do they still have control of this market? Judging by the persistent weakness observed in the market, it seems that everything is falling…
By Dom Wolf, Co-founder of investUP – the crowdfunding supermarket A year goes quick, doesn’t it? Before you know it I’ll be dusting off the crystal ball and attempting to offer wisdom to predict the top trends in to watch NEXT year. But before we do that, I thought I’d take a look at how…
