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Category Archives: Investments
Month-end: August 2019
The Summer is over and the days are getting shorter. It’s now feeling like Autumn. How’s the Family Office looking?
Why isn’t franchising talked about in the FI community?
Of all the get rich quick schemes that the FI comes up with (gold, property, bitcoin), franchising is seldom discussed. I’m not trying to sell franchises – but maybe they deserve a closer look?
6 Personal Finance Numbers that are Bullshit!
Handy little rules of thumb, sound so smart but are so dumb.
Month-End accounts: July 2019
July was an expensive month! A great month for what we did together but some long time coming spending came to bite us. It was also the 1 year blog anniversary – I hope you’ve enjoyed reading.
How often do you check your bank balance?
I’ve probably checked my main current account balance everyday – more or less – for the last 15 years. I check my portfolio about once a month but the indices about daily. Is that too much / too often / too time consuming? Am I obsessed, is this OCD? And what would I do if […]
A 12 year review of Zopa
Here is a review of my 12 year experiment with Zopa; the good, the bad an the ugly.
Green Money: Greencoat UK Wind: Share offer SUCCESS!
Following on from two previous posts (1) (2) I’m glad to say that I was able to secure 100% of what I applied for.
Hard Lucks and Let down
Are you a customer of Hargreaves Lansdown? Happy with their customer service and glad that they save you big on Funds & Trusts? But now angry that you didn’t money out of Golden Boy Woodford? Read on…
Green Money: Greencoat UK Wind: Share offer – update
Following on from this post, I’m still awaiting news of if I’ve been successful or not in the share issuance programme.
