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General

The Fast and the Furious

- April 4, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI 1 Comment

[caption id="attachment_487" align="alignright" width="150"] By: Emran Kassim[/caption] A lot of light and noise has been generated by a new book--Flash Boys--that raises concerns about high-frequency trading (HFT) and enables journalists to use plenty of alarming phrases such as…

General

Follow the leader

- April 2, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_485" align="alignleft" width="150"] By: Dot W[/caption] It seems that Mark Barnett is beginning to make his mark on the Edinburgh Investment Trust, a portfolio formerly managed by Neil Woodford. Woodford, a man about as inconspicuous…

Portfolio Management

What does your portfolio earn?

- March 31, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_483" align="alignright" width="150"] By: Luz Bratcher[/caption] On walking into a used car lot, the experienced buyer will do no more than cast a vaguely disparaging glance at the price tag. His or her first…

Stocks

The big blue yonder

- March 28, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_481" align="alignleft" width="150"] By: Kansir[/caption] I bought a few more IBM shares on Wednesday. At a time when new companies that earnestly tout their "cloud" credentials are floating with little more than hot air, IBM…

Asset Allocation

Ben Graham?

- March 26, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_479" align="alignright" width="150"] By: John Louis[/caption] ISA season is upon us and the financial pages are, sure enough, beginning to unveil their tips for our cash. One article in particular caught my eye over…

Stocks

Raise another glass to Diageo

- March 24, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_477" align="alignleft" width="150"] By: Matthias[/caption] Everyone knows that the last 15 or 16 years have been a roller coaster for the stock market. The dot com mania, when geeks became rock stars, was followed by…

General

Guinness rains on the parade

- March 21, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_459" align="alignright" width="150"] By: k4dordy[/caption] The organisers of the St. Patrick's Day parade seem to be coming under increasing pressure over their continued exclusion of gay and lesbian groups. This year, both Guinness and Heineken pulled out…

Dividends

Watching the grass grow

- March 19, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_475" align="alignleft" width="150"] By: Gilberto Taccari[/caption] The idea of evaluating a share on the basis of whether it pays 2% or 2.5%, how well covered its payout is, and whether the payout ratio is rising…

Stocks

Microsoft

- March 17, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_473" align="alignright" width="150"] By: Steve Jurvetson[/caption] There aren't many people with a love of Microsoft. Whether it is too big, too old, too bullying or too geeky, it is difficult to know; perhaps it…

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation – a few options

- March 14, 2014April 18, 2020 - FI comment

[caption id="attachment_471" align="alignleft" width="150"] By: Darren Johnson[/caption] I suspect that this is the most important subject in investment. Should you hold bonds? Should you hold gold? Should you have "emerging" equities? Should you buy fine wines and,…