How many Stocks should an Investor hold?
This is a subject that seems to crop up on Twitter discussions at least once a week. I figured that if I do a detailed Blog on the issues, then I can send out a link every time someone asks me the...
View ArticleStrategy – Are you a Trader or an Investor
There are a lot of labels in investing. I spent part of yesterday listening to a 4 person panel of “value” investors in which one “deep value” investor spent a chunk of time suggesting that none of...
View ArticleTAKEOVERS & TRADING UNCERTAINTY
McCormick & Company $MKC recently walked away from making an offer for Premier Foods sending PFD:LSE shares down >26%. Whilst PFD is not a stock I hold today’s news prompted this article. Some...
View ArticleAccounting and accounts: Episode 1
Full disclosure up front – I am a qualified Chartered Accountant. Still a member of the ICAEW. As such I think there is a story in most set of accounts and this story can be read and understood by a...
View ArticleAccounting and accounts – Episode 2 – Cash is King
Full disclosure up front – I am a qualified Chartered Accountant. Still a member of the ICAEW. As such I think there is a story in most set of accounts and this story can be read and understood by a...
View ArticleYouTube Stars Can Earn More Revenue With Bitcoin Micropayments
Micropayments have been touted as one of Bitcoin’s main use cases since the early days of the technology, and a recent trial of the Bitcoin-powered content platform PopChest by YouTube Star NurdRage...
View ArticleBIP 75 Simplifies Bitcoin Wallets for the Everyday User
Although Bitcoin is more than 7 years old, making payments on the network is still a rather cumbersome task. With a user interface that requires users to send money to long strings of letters and...
View ArticleAre Altcoins Bitcoin’s Friends or Enemies?
Altcoins have a long tradition in the Bitcoin community, but they tend to cause a contentious divide among those who think they’re useful and those who think they’re all scams. One side of the...
View ArticleSafe AIM stocks 2 – bottom up AIM IHT planning
Today we’re going to approach the topic of AIM IHT planning from the bottom up, by looking at asset manager literature and newspaper articles. AIM IHT PLANNING Last week we looked at Safe AIM stocks...
View ArticleThe Appeal of Long Term Investing
Breaking with my normal method, I am scribbling this quite fast around 4.30pm on a Tuesday Afternoon (blimey, the Markets are about to shut, maybe I should be looking at my Stocks) as I want to watch...
View ArticleBrexit Bulls – A look at the Indexes, Oil, Gold after some Crazy Weeks
We’ve certainly had some pretty crazy weeks of late with the lead-up to the Brexit Vote and the fallout from the Result. As usual I will whizz through some Charts to get a feel of what the Indexes...
View ArticleBIP 75 Simplifies Bitcoin Wallets for the Everyday User
Although Bitcoin is more than 7 years old, making payments on the network is still a rather cumbersome task. With a user interface that requires users to send money to long strings of letters and...
View ArticleAre Altcoins Bitcoin’s Friends or Enemies?
Altcoins have a long tradition in the Bitcoin community, but they tend to cause a contentious divide among those who think they’re useful and those who think they’re all scams. One side of the...
View ArticleSafe AIM stocks 2 – bottom up AIM IHT planning
Today we’re going to approach the topic of AIM IHT planning from the bottom up, by looking at asset manager literature and newspaper articles. AIM IHT PLANNING Last week we looked at Safe AIM stocks...
View ArticleThe Appeal of Long Term Investing
Breaking with my normal method, I am scribbling this quite fast around 4.30pm on a Tuesday Afternoon (blimey, the Markets are about to shut, maybe I should be looking at my Stocks) as I want to watch...
View ArticleBrexit Bulls – A look at the Indexes, Oil, Gold after some Crazy Weeks
We’ve certainly had some pretty crazy weeks of late with the lead-up to the Brexit Vote and the fallout from the Result. As usual I will whizz through some Charts to get a feel of what the Indexes...
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