Guest Post

There is nothing like a privatisation, even a partial one, to bring out the closet capitalists to join the ranks of those who, professionally, spend most of their time buying stocks and shares. With the Royal Mail issue, there was a huge amount of activity through the grey market as everyone wanted to ensure they […]

While the housing market has been very volatile over the past five years, many people have been able to navigate through the housing crisis and have continued to turn impressive profits by investing in under-valued real estate. If you are interested in real estate and are looking to make some extra money, you also could […]

This post is sponsored by PA Consulting: We hear the phrase insider trading all the time – because it’s rampant.  That’s “market efficiency” for ya, huh?  Well, it’s not always so black and white.  I was just thinking about an example within my firm where something that used to be allowed (or wasn’t disallowed really) […]

I’m sometimes confounded by people who say they are very conservative investors and are unwilling to take on the routine equity volatility risk that is, well, pretty much necessary to beat inflation these days.  Yet at the same time, they carry no insurance of any sort for all the various unforeseen events and maladies that […]