Investment
Gilt-edged returns for troubled times
Alex Brummer28th October, 2008
Traditionalists choose gold, National Savings and gilts. But the best time to buy shares is often when other people are fleeing into cash, argues Alex Brummer
Mind Your Own Beeswax
Veronica Wordsworth3rd September, 2008
Veronica, daughter of The Spectator’s Dot Wordsworth, provides a monthly guide to
the jargon of the financial world
Making a paper profit from the perfect storm
Ian Cowie3rd September, 2008
Force nine gales forced half the competitors in the Fastnet Race to return to port prematurely last summer, including the boat I was lucky enough to be on.
The beginner’s guide to hedge funds
Hilaire Gomer3rd September, 2008
Unless you are a hedge fund manager, chances are that the complexities of this most arcane of financial instruments remain a mystery, says Hilaire Gomer, but one any serious investor ought to decipher
Kings of Wall Street
David Craig3rd September, 2008
David Craig on Jack Nash and Leon Levy, a remarkable pair of trailblazing New York hedge fund managers
Talking ’bout my generation
Mike Dickson3rd September, 2008
There is every sign that today’s young people will be more generous than their parents, says Mike Dickson, who discovered that networking and nightclubs are a harmonious mix
Affluent investors abandon traditional wealth managers
Lorna Bourke2nd July, 2008
As the big banks write off billions, the dissatisfied ‘new rich’ are switching to the rising stars among the smaller independent banks, says Lorna Bourke
Charity begins at work as business gets on board
Mike Dickson2nd July, 2008
Charities have always been wary of getting involved with the corporate world, but the Pilotlight initiative, which brings the two together, is positive, inspiring and brings many benefits to both parties, says Mike Dickson
The Fisher king
Jonathan Davis2nd July, 2008
Jonathan Davis asks leading investors for their market views. This month: Ken Fisher, one of the most outspoken money managers in the United States
Lounging around in Morocco
2nd July, 2008
In Morocco, I visited Rocksure’s stylish El Goutte property near Marrakech. With paved stone floors, exquisite Moorish archways and billowing Arabic curtains, the house is an elegant oasis of calm.
How to become a part-time millionaire
Lucinda Baring2nd July, 2008
It began in the Rocky Mountains, but now fractional ownership is all the rage in Britain, says Lucinda Baring
Worried about biofuels? Try investing in hydrogen from domestic electricity
Ian Cowie2nd July, 2008
Unintended consequences of the switch to biofuels demonstrate the truth of the ancient City adage that there is no problem so dire that Government intervention cannot make it worse.
Mind Your Own Beeswax
Veronica Wordsworth2nd July, 2008
Veronica, daughter of The Spectator’s Dot Wordsworth, provides a monthly guide to
the jargon of the financial world
House-sellers are no longer jumping for joy
Ross Clark2nd July, 2008
House sellers should pray for Russian oligarchs, warns Ross Clark, as credit even for the very rich begins to dry up
Commodity of the month: Cocoa
Laura Staples2nd July, 2008
Europe is the world’s biggest importer of cocoa. We’ve been enjoying it since the 17th century, eating chocolate since the 19th and trading cocoa futures since the 1980s.
The good giving guide
Mike Dickson3rd June, 2008
With a modicum of research, you can make a real impact on the causes closest to your heart, says Mike Dickson in the second part of his series on how to be an effective philanthropist
Contrarian to the core
Jonathan Davis3rd June, 2008
Jonathan Davis asks leading investors for their market views. This month: Sandy Nairn, chief executive, Edinburgh Partners
Mind Your Own Beeswax
Veronica Wordsworth3rd June, 2008
Veronica, daughter of The Spectator’s Dot Wordsworth, provides a monthly guide to the jargon of the financial world
Dividend cult is a mug’s game
Alex Brummer3rd June, 2008
High yields may make share investors think Christmas has come early. But they can be a sign of trouble, warns Alex Brummer
A positive play on the pensions crisis and a fishy tale from ancient Yarmouth
Ian Cowie3rd June, 2008
It’s an ill wind that blows no good.
Commodity of the month: Uranium
John Stepek3rd June, 2008
Most commodities have risen in price over the past few years, but few have experienced such a spectacular rise –– and fall –– as uranium.
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