Over the course of a lengthy and illustrious business career, Warren Buffett has offered thoughtful opinions on a wide variety of investment-related issues—executive compensation, accounting standards, high-yield bonds, derivatives, stock options, and so on. In regard to gold and its investment merits, however, Buffett has had little to say—at least in the pages of his annual shareholder letter. We searched…
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As a topic of conversation, investment is like sports. Everyone has an opinion. And the strongest opinions often come from those who spend more time in front of the TV than out on the playing field. Practitioners, meanwhile, are wary of anything labelled a sure thing. Indeed, it’s one of life’s ironies that the people who know least about a…
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Face your Fears! If you’ve been paying close attention, you might have noticed that the global investment markets have been bouncing around unpredictably from one day to the next, and every time there is a major move, you hear analysts mumbling something about the debt crisis in Europe. On the up days, they talk about light at the end of the…
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In harsh economic times, the lure of a life-changing windfall has even more sparkle. Little wonder that Colin and Chris Weir from Largs are reportedly “tickled pink” with their £161m Euromillions jackpot. But what dangers await them? People who receive sudden wealth often suffer great frustration over how to deal with such a large amount of money. For some this…
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50% taxpayers will have been heartened by George Osborne’s assertion in his Budget speech that he sees the 50p additional rate as temporary. However, for those 50p taxpayers who also own high value property, their joy at a possible future removal of the 50p rate may be tempered by : 1. The Chancellor’s statement that: ‘As well as reviewing revenues…
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