What caught my eye this week. It’s not been easy to find reasons to be optimistic about the shrinking British stock market in recent years. But I think how private investors, fund managers, the investment trust industry, and investment platforms worked together to defeat US firm Saba’s designs on the trust sector might qualify. As … Read more
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Can you achieve financial freedom on a working-class income, or if you come from a working-class background? Does working-class financial freedom look the same as other forms of FIRE? What even is ‘working class’ anyway? What’s in a name? I don’t know about you, but I struggle with the term working class. What does it … Read more
Back in the mists of time (aka 2007) I planned Monevator to be as much about entrepreneurship as investing. That faded as we honed our niche, but I’m still delighted when I find a business success story in our ranks. Valiant has commented on Monevator for years, but I’d never guessed his background. It’s heartening … Read more
The yellow metal has been on a tear for years. Gold bugs and survivalists – not to mention passive investors with well-diversified portfolios – sitting on big gains might well now be wondering how gold is taxed. It isn’t always thus. Sometimes gold is in the doldrums. For example, the gold price also soared after … Read more