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Back to the Seventies

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) greeted the audience arriving at the Royal College of Music on Thursday evening to hear Mozart’s 24th Piano Concerto and Richard Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony.

The Golden Bottle

Mrs Hudson came in without knocking while I was having forty winks. I awoke to hear Holmes expostulating “Dear Mrs H, please desist from wipin’ your hands on your apron – so common”. I knew that her intrusion must be warranted.

High Rise Rubbish

I walked from Barons Court to Southwark Bridge on Thursday morning (two hours). It was a sunny day and snowdrops and crocuses were out in the parks.

FTWeekend News

The FTWeekend is my bible. The daily version has too much “noise” and I find it easier to identify trends with only a weekly fix. Here is what caught my attention yesterday morning.

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Tax Matters

Tax Freedom Day is the first day of the year in which a nation as a whole has theoretically earned enough income to pay its taxes. (Wiki) In the US in 2015 it was 24th April. Not so good in the UK: 3rd June in 2016. The Adam Smith Institute does the sums in the… Continue reading Tax Matters

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The Taxman Cometh

In the summer I have the disagreeable task of gathering all my financial statements together and bunging them off to my accountant knowing her return shot in the autumn will be a computation of tax due at the end of January.

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Gosh, Josh

When I was working I had it easy. All I had to do was look after the clients and find new clients. At first I had “back office” as support. By 2015 I had Mid Office, Back Office, two IT depts, Credit, Compliance, Treasury and Management who all could and often did put a spoke… Continue reading Gosh, Josh

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Long Term Investment

My scaredy-cat approach to the stock market has led to under-performance for me in 2017. The easiest segment of my portfolio to value is my online ISA. I re-invest the income but for the purpose of this exercise deducted my annual contribution, giving me +11% on the year, underperforming most if not all indices.

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