Showing posts with label rants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rants. Show all posts
06 February 2019

High Yield Portfolio - what's in a name ?

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A High Yield Portfolio (HYP) seems to me a harmless and generic name for any group of investments cobbled together in an attempt to bring ...
03 January 2016

2016 Goals - Remember, trying is the first step towards failure...

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With an acknowledgement to Homer Simpson, for the excellent piece of lifestyle advice in the title. It's the time of year when many bl...
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08 October 2014

Why does Daylight Saving Time start so much later than it finishes ?

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From looking at my earlier post on growlights, it again raises a question that been puzzling me for a long time.   Take a look at this su...
06 April 2014

Teaching kids about finance.....

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I see from the MSM that teaching kids about '...personal finance...' will become part of the UK National Curriculum from September ...
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04 March 2014

The cost of minority trying to move to mainstream.....

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When Countryfile was considered a 'minority' programme and tucked well away out of sight on BBC2 on Sunday evenings, it was actuall...
04 February 2014

Long live the North-South divide.....

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I stumbled across a TV show tonight, which was called '... Location, Location, Location ...'. I watched almost disbelievingly as ...
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23 November 2013

Pan fried et al...

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We've been watching Masterchef for the last few weeks, and unfortunately it's scheduled to go on for quite a while longer, probably...
12 August 2013

Why's that pink duck only got one leg ?

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What's happened to television advertising these days ? Maybe it's just me, but ads seemed much more witty and sophisticated i...
14 June 2013

Beating inflation at a local level...

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How much do macro-economic statistics actually matter to you ? Take, for instance, the oft-quoted official rates of inflation.   They...