Even Warren Buffet Underperforms

Even Warren Buffet underperforms from time to time as the following article reports on his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21638763 It is important for all investors to regularly review their collective investments...

Banking Institutions Will Run Into Solvency Problems?

The following article is a chilling read for bankers http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/regulation/bank-ppi-costs-could-double-to-25bn/1063858.article I have written many blog posts on payment protection insurance (PPI) miss-selling. If these predictions are correct I...

Pensions V Other Investments

Buy-to-Let Investments have been popular in the UK for some years now. Articles like this one http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20726001 may persuade some people to invest in residential property rather than a pension scheme even a cost effective Group Personal...

Few Building Societies Less Competition?

It is always sad to read of Building Societies merging and therefore less competition in the market place. I hope this process, which has been going on for some years now, will not hurt savers with lower rates and mortgage rates with higher costs. As an IFA and...