Humour

I've worked around the City most of my adult life, but still get a surprise when you find something new there.  Yesterday was one of those days, when I discovered that there is a full size cricket pitch in the middle of the City. No, this is not photoshop.  It's real. Well, I never, knock…

I’m having one of those days. It started off OK, and then it just went downhill. So I was going to blog about various market opportunities and ideas in banking and then thought: sod it, time for a whinge. The whinge is because I’ve suddenly turned from being a young angry rebel without a cause…

I was travelling on British Airways the other day, and really enjoyed their article in Business Life Magazine about how much the Queen costs the economy, As a result, I thought it worth posting today as we’re about to head off on a four-day vacation in Britain to celebrate her sixty years on the throne…

Well, it’s Valentine’s Day and there’s the usual raft of bank-related love and hate going around. Most of the Valentine’s Day headlines are about giving gifts that won’t break the bank. That’s not surprising when, in the US alone, total jewellery spending is expected to top a staggering $4 billion, and a further $1.8 billion…

There’s still lots of debate about the euro and Eurozone, with Greece imploding and now Italy et al all going up the Furka Pass, so to speak. Now I’ve been purposefully avoiding getting into the fray, as it’s not my place, although I’m quite outspoken in media outlets about such matters (checkout this Bloomberg video about…

I’ve been loathe to talk too much lately about the Eurozone as it’s just too darned depressing. What with Greece slipping and sliding away, Italy bunga’d out and now France being challenged, it’s just a crazy, crazy moment in history. There’s even a discussion of the Eurozone disbanding, although officials deny this. However, in my…

I’ve been loathe to talk too much lately about the Eurozone as it’s just too darned depressing. What with Greece slipping and sliding away, Italy bunga’d out and now France being challenged, it’s just a crazy, crazy moment in history. There’s even a discussion of the Eurozone disbanding, although officials deny this. However, in my…

It’s 31st October and you know what that means? Halloween. Ghouls, ghosts and ghoulies abound. And yes, you find plenty of them in the financial system. First, there’s those fiendish Zombie Bankers: These are so popular, there’s even a movie and an iPhone and iPad game to play about them … But the best advice has been posted…