UK rent inflation is beginning to ease. Over the past 12 months, rents increased by 3.9%, marking the slowest annual growth since August 2021. While rents remain high, the pace of increase has tempered significantly compared to the staggering 12% annual growth seen at its peak in 2022. UK Rent Trends For Landlords The average … Read more
Online romance and investment scams are painful enough without its victims being described as “pigs.” And yet, for some years we’ve called fraud related to such frauds as “pig butchering.” INTERPOL has decided enough is enough and is calling for a change in the terminology, arguing that the phrase “romance baiting” is more appropriate. “Pig … Read more
Comedian Russell Kane appears on the last episode of series nine of the award-winning podcast Fuelling Around. Kane, who has been a regular on our TV screens and the stage for over two decades, has forged a successful comedy career but he’s also kept his passion for cars fairly hidden until he appeared on the … Read more
A proposal published by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) calls for a natural catastrophe insurance system that includes pooling private risks, strengthening disaster risk management, and the use of catastrophe bonds to support catastrophe reinsurance availability for Europe.It follows a discussion paper from 2023 that called … Read more
The Money Game by Adam Smith (George Goodman) is one of my favorite investment books of all-time. The book was originally published in 1968, but it’s still more than relevant for investors today because it’s a study of behavior and human nature on Wall Street. Human nature is the one constant across all market environments. The … Read more
