We use the word crisis to mean danger and opportunity, and yesterday I blogged about what that means for local communities, who are using the current crisis to create local currencies. Today, it’s time to take a reality check regarding property. For some, buying a house is an investment, for others it is a home,…
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’.” …
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…
