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It’s A Wonderfuel Life

Tuesday 22nd December 2009

I can’t say I’m happy about the changes over at Eastlands. I actually went to the City-Sunderland game – my first live match for some years – but all through Saturday evening I kept mulling over what I feel has been a disastrous and self-defeating decision. It’s truly shocking. Just when did they change the [...]

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The “More” Gauge

Sunday 5th April 2009

“Congratulations, Mr Quinn; you are now the proud owner of an endowment policy to pay off your newly acquired mortgage!” I was slightly confused as I shook the unindependent financial advisor’s hand, not least in part because my surname is not Quinn, and it would still be some years before I would decide to adopt [...]

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Life’s A Gas

Monday 20th October 2008

Donald S writes an open letter to his gas supplier. Dear Atlantic Gas Quick question about a letter you just sent me last week, dated October 2008. I don’t understand how you can write to me in October telling me that gas prices “will” (future tense) increase from 25 August 2008 (2 months ago). This [...]

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What A Shower

Tuesday 17th June 2008

Fund manager Mark Mobius of Templeton Asset Management was interviewed about investing in emerging markets on the BBC’s Working Lunch programme last week. The interviewer, Nik Wood, began by asking just what an emerging market is. It was actually the IFC, the International Finance Corporation at the World Bank. They were struggling with what to [...]

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Inside Out

Wednesday 30th April 2008

Oh dear. Property investment training firm Inside Track, which claims to have created hundreds of property millionaires in the UK, filed for administration on Tuesday, the latest victim of Britain’s housing downturn. The company, which says it has trained more than 100,000 individuals, said demand for buy-to-let landlord training had shrivelled as mortgages became more [...]

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