Blog

May 2022

• A politician complaining about the media, is like a fisherman complaining about the sea. (Enoch Powell).

March 2022

• More is usually less!

Feb 2022

• It is inevitable that we will lose sometimes, the trick is not to make a habit of it.

January 2022

• The only safe ship in a storm is one with strong leadership

December 2021

• Beware of the tyranny of politicians, experts, and scientists.

November 2021

• The Kraken awakes ...

September 2021

• A ship in harbour may be safe, but that’s not what ships are built for

January 2021

• All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.

December 2020

• Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity. (Seneca).

November 2020

• The Trend and Patience are your friends.

September 2020

• Slow and steady wins the race.

October 2020

• Momentum remains the simplest way to identify those funds getting it right.

March 2020

• I am starting to feel fed-up with feeling fed-up.

September 2019

• To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. (Robert Louis Stevenson)

July 2019

• One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. (Disraeli).
• 'Hello Vietnam'

June 2019

• Politicians are like diapers, they need changing frequently, and for the same reason

May 2019

• A generation goes and a generation comes but the earth remains for ever. (Ecclesiastes 1:4-10)

April 2019

• Fanny's rest stop sign reads, “Eat here and get gas”.

March 2019

• The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

January 2019

• Doubt is an uncomfortable position but certainty is a ridiculous one. (Voltaire)
• Why did they stop making the Land Rover Defender?

December 2018

• May you have ten minutes in heaven before the devil knows you have gone.

November 2018

• A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
• It's inevitable that you will lose sometimes. The trick is not to make a habit of it!

October 2018

• Remember that patience is your most powerful weapon. (Warren Buffett)
• Last week was enough to give the devil the hot sweats.
• The early bird sometimes catches the worm, but the second mouse always gets the cheese.

September 2018

• The right to the pursuit of happiness.

August 2018

• O.K., so what is the speed of dark?

June 2018

• The direction of the dollar, the dollar, the dollar, this conundrum is the stuff goose pimples are made of.

May 2018

• Three men of a certain age (my age) met on the golf course...

April 2018

• If this market volatility continues I will be sending out for iron tablets.

February 2018

• Might does not make right, it makes reality.
• What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes)
• Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film!

January 2018

• The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity. (George Carlin)
• Investing in Vietnam
• Ninety nine percent of Financial Advisors give the rest a bad name!

December 2017

• Is there any oxygen left in today's markets?
• Time for another look at ‘Slow Property’?

November 2017

• The Magical World of Derren Brown.
• Investing does not always have to be a case of controlling spinning plates.

October 2017

• Build yourself a brighter financial future

August 2017

• Why Donald Trump is good for investors

June 2017

• There is no such thing as a free lunch.
• The recent few weeks have been enough to give the devil the hot sweats!

May 2017

• Every time that I am wrong the world makes a little less sense.
• Investing isn`t about waiting for the storm to pass. It`s about moving to a place with fewer storms.

April 2017

• Money Movement Report

March 2017

• Investors cannot time the market.....WRONG
• Standard Deviation Report - March 2017
• Somewhere a red phone box dies and a little piece of Buckingham Palace breaks off.
• Somewhere a red phone box dies and a little piece of Buckingham Palace breaks off.

February 2017

• I intend to live forever ... so far so good!

October 2016

• Don’t ask directions from somebody who hasn`t been where you are going.

July 2016

• A lesson learnt the hard way

June 2016

• “The Butterfly effect”
• M&G Property Portfolio Update

May 2016

• That was the month that was!

March 2016

• Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

January 2016

• 2016 is going to be the year of “the dog”

December 2015

• Money is like seawater, the more we drink the thirstier we become!

November 2015

• When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do Sir? (Attributed to John Maynard Keynes)
• I follow the horses.

October 2015

• Keep it simple, keep it cheap and keep at it.
• The Market is never wrong, it is what it is.

September 2015

• Every day above ground and vertical is a good day.

August 2015

• The Three Peaks
• I feel like a dog being taught a card trick....confused.
• The best time to plant a tree.
• If all the Politicians and soothsayers in the European Union were laid end to end it would not be a bad thing.

July 2015

• No day may be judged until night has fallen.
• The Greek problem.

June 2015

• There is something about fishing; it never comes out well for the bait.
• Money for its own sake is not the be all and end all of everything.

May 2015

• SHORT ON FACTS, LONG ON SUGAR

February 2015

• The only difference between a rat and a hamster is Public Relations

January 2015

• Experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistakes.
• Investing in India.

December 2014

• Investment opportunity in Mexico and Cuba

November 2014

• Volatility and financial pundits

August 2014

• Financial Emotional Intelligence ( F.E.I.)

July 2014

• ETFs the alternative to Scams

May 2014

• A true Saltydog performance
• Update from Ken Turner (a Saltydog Subscriber)
• What to believe
• There is nothing new under the Sun.
• The new BRICK Economies

April 2014

• The Food Ceiling
• The philosophy needed when buying and selling funds

March 2014

• Long term Investing
• To Frack or not to Frack that is the question

February 2014

• How risky is risky?
• The importance of a balanced risk portfolio
• Thorium

January 2014

• To Frack or not to Frack that is the question
• Stress from Success

December 2013

• Observations on New Zealand

October 2013

• Vietnam as a place for your investments

September 2013

• Why they don`t want you to be ACTIVE.
• Stock Market Volatility around the time of Conflict.
• All that glitters is not gold

August 2013

• Momentum Investing
• The importance of continuous savings combined with compound growth
• Confused of Buckinghamshire
• The effect on investors by the advent of R.D.R.

July 2013

• Euro Survival
• A Perfect Storm (revisited)
• The Whipsaw Effect
• The Enema Within

June 2013

• Nano-Materials and Graphene
• Energy
• Reduction in the amount of American Q.E
• Investing in China
• Volatile and uncertain waters

May 2013

• Investing in Pakistan?
• Shale Gas

April 2013

• Gold drops below $1400/oz
• Market Volatility

March 2013

• Australia and the ASEAN economies

February 2013

• The need for up to date information

January 2013

• Timber (there she goes)
• The Greater Mekong region
• The American Smooth

December 2012

• Markets to watch - Mexico and Cuba

November 2012

• Investing - an active or passive occupation?
• Korea positions itself as a high tech economy for the 21st century

October 2012

• Mexico
• Gold, Gilts & Corporate Bonds

September 2012

• The Mekong Miracle?

August 2012

• Turkey - not just for Christmas
• Olympic Fever

July 2012

• Mexico - a new emerging economy
• Investment Opportunities
• Are high corn prices here to stay?
• CTFs - It's just not fair!
• Where to Next?

June 2012

• Self Serving Satisfaction

May 2012

• Wealth Preservation

April 2012

• Perfect Storm
• Another Switchback?
• Investment and the 'Racing Fairy'

March 2012

• Will the American Markets continue to Recover?
• Is there linkage between oil price and funds?

February 2012

• Bias or otherwise in financial newsletters

January 2012

• Why do gold fund prices not mirror the movement of gold bullion prices?
• Thoughts on USA Funds
• No Loss or A Jolly Good Profit.

December 2011

• Is big always best?

November 2011

• Passive and Active Investment
• The Greek solution

October 2011

• Quantative Easing
• Published noise

September 2011

• Emerging Markets

August 2011

• Buying opportunity or not

July 2011

• A Dead cat bounce
• Gold Funds
• What and where is safe

June 2011

• UK Smaller companies

May 2011

• Emerging Markets
• The relative performance of Saltydog groups

April 2011

• Mr Jesse Livermore

February 2011

• Pension Tax Relief - Take it while it lasts.