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Banking in 2013 … just like 1913

So I’m buying a house and have a conversation about the house buying process with a bank colleague. He is adamant that this is where the branch comes into its own. I disagreed, but accepted that it may be different in different markets, but that all markets are moving in the same direction over time….

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You bunch of losers

Blah, blah, blah goes the talking head on the news. Banks … bad … money … sell … losses … Groan, moan, dull, boring. Ripoff … scandal … government … economy … bonuses … fatcat … Depressing, stop it, shut up, no. Millions … billions … balance sheet … profits … AND I HAVE NOTHING!!!!…

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You bunch of losers

Blah, blah, blah goes the talking head on the news. Banks … bad … money … sell … losses … Groan, moan, dull, boring. Ripoff … scandal … government … economy … bonuses … fatcat … Depressing, stop it, shut up, no. Millions … billions … balance sheet … profits … AND I HAVE NOTHING!!!!…

Fatcat

The world’s best and worst job titles

How the world has changed. We all realise the world is changing fast when you look back ten, twenty or fifty years.  Ten years ago, there was on iPhone or Facebook.  Twenty years ago, the end of the Soviet Union, the removal of the Berlin Wall and the aftermath of apartheid were still reverberating around…

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The world’s best and worst job titles

How the world has changed. We all realise the world is changing fast when you look back ten, twenty or fifty years.  Ten years ago, there was on iPhone or Facebook.  Twenty years ago, the end of the Soviet Union, the removal of the Berlin Wall and the aftermath of apartheid were still reverberating around…

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Holiday Humour #10: Telephone Numbers

A few discussions about telephone numbers. I asked an economist for her phone number….and she gave me an estimate. And finally, dedicated to all those bankers waiting for their bonuses. Note: thanks to EU rules bankers are now paid salaries, not bonuses  

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Holiday Humour #8: Being Rich

As Logan Pearsall Smith said:  "It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people" Or, as Spike Milligan said: "Money couldn't buy you friends, but you get a better class of enemy." But the real point of being rich is to stay close to your friends. Pictures courtesy of The…

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Holiday Humour #7: Wills

A few wry notes on inheritances and wills …   SHE: Do you love me just because my Daddy left me a fortune in his will? HE: No.  I'd love you whoever had left you the fortune.     One of the shortest wills ever written:  Being of sound mind, I spent all the money.  …

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