Stray Reflections

This has been a great read. Ex-hedge fund guy on philosophy of life, money and markets. Interesting perspective as he’s a devout Muslim and keen observer of geopolitics. 23rd book of the year! 🔥

The Odds Of Winning The Lottery

I’ve always been fascinated with why people play the lottery. Everyone knows it’s a bad bet, but the ‘sticker price’ / headline figure keeps people playing. Stick with this as it’s interesting and I had...

When to pay off mortgage?

When to pay off mortgage? Is it always a bad idea? I’ve always been a “never lump sum pay-off your mortgage” person (like I imagine most people who read financial literature are). But with interest...

Disinflation Is Coming

I think people are really sleeping on just how fast disinflation and disinflationary pressures are going to hit Britain from about end of August/into Autumn and onwards. I know it’s not everyone’s favourite theory, but...

Flight Of Fancy

Someone just phoned into Vine on Radio 2 and said, “America needs to ignore Trump and focus on fall of the USD and rise of the Yen” Jeez, it’s not 1988!! (pretty sure they meant...

Demographics & Population

I know I post quite a bit here about demographics, but I find it really interesting. People are getting older (living longer) Sadly, people are having less children I think I’ll just reply to every...