The self-confessed optimist
Interviewing James Anderson is a lot more refreshing than grilling your average fund manager, as befits a man who runs…
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When you put your money into an actively managed investment fund, it’s as well to remember that you are putting…
View ArticleThe robots are coming — and they want to make you rich
In a world where we’re heading for driverless cars, drones that deliver groceries to your back garden and smartphones that…
View Article‘Claptrap on both sides’
Is there a genuinely independent go-to guide for anyone who cares about the future of the UK economy but isn’t…
View ArticleAiming high
Aim — originally the Alternative Investment Market — is a curious entity that understandably excites conflicting responses. Since its launch…
View ArticleSkin in the game
Terry Smith is in the news again. Not for being a Brexiteer — though he’s been committed to that cause…
View ArticleMaking the case for Japan
The best investment decisions are almost always those that feel most uncomfortable at the time they are made. George Soros…
View ArticleMaximise your winners
Giles Hargreave has been one of the UK’s top small-cap fund managers for more than 20 years, but his stock-market…
View ArticleAre university professors’ big fat pensions under threat?
Students, here is your starter for ten. What is the current funding deficit of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the…
View ArticleWill the budget clamp down on Venture Capital Trusts?
Wealthy investors have a particular reason to keep an anxious eye open for Philip Hammond’s autumn Budget on 22 November.…
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