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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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A Long View

This sceptred isle has seen some changes that must have been bewildering at the time. But let’s digress before we even begin.

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