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07/24/2008: Calling the bear market: how did we do? For grown-up consumers
07/12/2008: A leader takes his leave For grown-up consumers
07/05/2008: Updating real house prices For grown-up consumers
06/15/2008: High public spending: Brown's 'scorched-earth policy'? For grown-up consumers
06/09/2008: Making pension planning safer For grown-up consumers
05/21/2008: Bull, bear or something different? For grown-up consumers
04/17/2008: Japan as object lesson: does culture make a difference? For grown-up consumers
04/16/2008: More on the house price myth For grown-up consumers
03/30/2008: Japan's 'lost decade': the new bogeyman for post credit-crisis stockmarkets For grown-up consumers
03/18/2008: The Budget: dwarfed by events For grown-up consumers
03/09/2008: Looking for No Monkey Business Limited?
02/14/2008: Non-doms: HMRC clarifies its intentions For grown-up consumers
02/10/2008: The Laffer Curve and the taxation of non-doms For grown-up consumers
01/13/2008: Is your adviser advising or selling? For grown-up consumers
12/10/2007: Absolute-return investing: time for clarity For grown-up consumers
11/04/2007: A lot of nonsense about CGT For grown-up consumers
10/14/2007: Flatter to deceive: the Chancellor flattens taxes but fails to say why For grown-up consumers
09/23/2007: US house prices: the world's 'Achilles heel' For grown-up consumers
09/23/2007: The politics of Northern Rock For grown-up consumers
09/18/2007: Falling house prices mark the end of the Great Stability For grown-up consumers
08/15/2007: No nonsense economics: what’s gone wrong in credit markets, why it was predictable and what lessons investors should learn For grown-up consumers
08/12/2007: Update on the real house price cycle For grown-up consumers
07/29/2007: Common sense on house prices: write on, SharleneFor grown-up consumers
07/24/2007: The housing green paper: more shoddy work on the foundations For grown-up consumers
07/24/2007: Star fund managers in the doghouse - again For grown-up consumers
06/29/2007: The FSA validates fees for advice For grown-up consumers
06/18/2007: Valuing fees: coffee with a twist For grown-up consumers
06/16/2007: Barclays Bank to take over trust-based financial planning - oh yes? For grown-up consumers
06/15/2007: Anticipating the Retail Distribution Review
05/26/2007: Charges: wake up and smell the coffee For grown-up consumers
05/15/2007: Are equities overvalued? For grown-up consumers
05/13/2007: More grounds for scepticism about computer models of climate change For grown-up consumers
05/13/2007: The housing ladder: what exactly pushes it out of reach? For grown-up consumers
05/06/2007: What you need to find out about charges when selecting an IFA For grown-up consumers
04/28/2007: Fidelity's new retirement solutions: why semi-customisation of large asset pools does not work
04/15/2007: Update on real house prices For grown-up consumers
04/09/2007: Drowning in debt: the American way For grown-up consumers
03/25/2007: Competing with the national pensions saving scheme For grown-up consumers
03/24/2007: Drowning in debt: can it be true? For grown-up consumers
03/24/2007: Barclays Bank: Not treating customers fairly starts - and ends - in the board room For grown-up consumers
03/18/2007: Sally Clark and the appalling cost of bad science For grown-up consumers
03/10/2007: "The great global warming swindle": in denial, or better science, better economics? For grown-up consumers
03/06/2007: Why bonds are not good diversifiers: a primer For grown-up consumers
02/04/2007: Solving problems in the retail investment market: the FSA consults
12/29/2006: Can holding debt make more sense than holding assets? For grown-up consumers
11/25/2006: The national pensions savings scheme: retail brands lose out - thank goodness For grown-up consumers
11/25/2006: More useless house price forecasts? For grown-up consumers
11/12/2006: 'Useless house price forecasts': rubbishing the rubbisher For grown-up consumers
11/12/2006: Commission creep: what Sunday Times says For grown-up consumers
11/04/2006: Commission creep: an example from our postbag For grown-up consumers
10/30/2006: A lone voice in the wilderness For grown-up consumers
10/28/2006: Connections: regulation, the cost of advice, 'soft-compulsion' pensions and posturing at the despatch box
10/26/2006: Market commentary For grown-up consumers
10/23/2006: More tall stories about industry costs For grown-up consumers
10/23/2006: Mass customisation: FT/AMRO 'product of the future' challengeFor professionals
09/30/2006: Commissions: the industry strikes back - with disengenuous nonsense For grown-up consumers
09/29/2006: US house prices: you thought we had a problem? For grown-up consumers
09/29/2006: Commissions: you're going to have to help yourself For grown-up consumers
09/12/2006: Buy-to-let: bets with the housekeeping For grown-up consumers
08/31/2006: House prices: crash postponed or crash avoided? For grown-up consumers
08/31/2006: Does Fidelity Special Situations manager Anthony Bolton disprove active management sceptics? For grown-up consumers
08/23/2006: I'm back
05/08/2006: Approaching old peaks: so what? For grown-up consumers
03/19/2006: Why London house prices are on the move again For grown-up consumers
03/19/2006: Government in pension misselling scandal For grown-up consumers
01/21/2006: Forecasting the economy: joining in the seasonal folly For grown-up consumers
01/12/2006: REITs: hot property? For grown-up consumers
01/12/2006: The Cost Wedge: an American perspective For grown-up consumers
11/06/2005: Trackers: winning the long game For grown-up consumers
10/02/2005: House prices: the message is in the level, not the rate of change For grown-up consumers
08/24/2005: How the industry exploits our poor grasp of probabilities For grown-up consumers
08/03/2005: Updated Index for Pensions
08/03/2005: The lifetime challenge of funding your own retirement For grown-up consumers
07/02/2005: What (little) pension trustees should know about investment For professionals
05/26/2005: D(epolarisation) Day: what might have been For grown-up consumers
05/23/2005: Affordable mortgages for key workers For grown-up consumers
05/06/2005: The cost wedge just got fatter For grown-up consumers
05/02/2005: Equity risk and time For professionals
04/15/2005: More academic research on active management For grown-up consumers
03/22/2005: Alternative investments #1: what, why, when and how? For grown-up consumers
03/10/2005: When others damage your credit For grown-up consumers
03/09/2005: Restoring faith in savings industry: ABI has a plan For grown-up consumers
03/08/2005: Updated index for: Equity returns
03/07/2005: Updated index for: Property myths
03/07/2005: Updated index for: Kids' stuff
03/07/2005: What parents tell the children about property Kids' stuff
03/07/2005: Updated index for: Streetwise finance
03/07/2005: Updated index for: Competition policy
03/07/2005: Updated index for: Personal Responsibility
03/06/2005: Updated index for: Money illusion
03/06/2005: Updated index for: Asset allocation
03/06/2005: Updated index for: Low risk products
03/04/2005: Updated index for: Accountants v actuaries
03/04/2005: Updated index for: Active v tracking
03/04/2005: Updated index for: Cost wedge
03/04/2005: Updated index for: Commissions
03/01/2005: Updated index for: Precipice bonds
03/01/2005: Updated index for: Endowments
03/01/2005: Updated index for: Regulations
03/01/2005: Updated index for: With-profits
02/26/2005: With-profits for the Sandler Suite: no way For grown-up consumers
02/24/2005: Asset wars #1: Who's telling the truth about equity risk? For grown-up consumers
02/23/2005: Insurers say 'no commission bias, OK?' For grown-up consumers

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