Yesterday I asked the question, “Do we really need Fund Managers” and there were a couple of interesting comments which, rather than responding individually, I thought it worth writing a follow-on note. One was from Matthieu de Heering who says: “If you're trying to do as well as the market, then tracker funds (spiders) are probably a better ‘bet’.” …
As most of you know, I’m always messing about with internet applications for social networking, virtual worlds, future tech, gadgets, games and so on and so forth. There’s always a reason for this, as in it’s fun, but I like to think it’s all work-related fun of course. So I was messing around with social…
According to the media in Britain this week, it’s all doom and gloom in the financial markets. Unemployment numbers up, inflation rising, house prices tanking, the euro sliding and oil and gold prices sunk. The press are even forecasting that China and India’s economic boom is over and the whole world is slipping into recession….
According to the media in Britain this week, it’s all doom and gloom in the financial markets. Unemployment numbers up, inflation rising, house prices tanking, the euro sliding and oil and gold prices sunk. The press are even forecasting that China and India’s economic boom is over and the whole world is slipping into recession….
According to the media in Britain this week, it’s all doom and gloom in the financial markets. Unemployment numbers up, inflation rising, house prices tanking, the euro sliding and oil and gold prices sunk. The press are even forecasting that China and India’s economic boom is over and the whole world is slipping into recession….
Some brands are fairly ubiquitous. I have a Sony TV, Sony Mobile, Sony Laptop and Sony Games. My friend has a Virgin Mobile, Virgin Media with Virgin Broadband and Virgin Television, and flies with Virgin Atlantic. Another shops with Tesco online using Tesco broadband, they use their Tesco mobile whilst shopping in Tesco stores. These…
Some brands are fairly ubiquitous. I have a Sony TV, Sony Mobile, Sony Laptop and Sony Games. My friend has a Virgin Mobile, Virgin Media with Virgin Broadband and Virgin Television, and flies with Virgin Atlantic. Another shops with Tesco online using Tesco broadband, they use their Tesco mobile whilst shopping in Tesco stores. These…
After posting the rumour that Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were going to record the biggest losses in banking history earlier this week, they actually announced a pre-tax loss of £691m for the first half of this year. That’s almost £1.1 billion less than the Times guessed, but what’s a billion here or there. Meanwhile,…
