The “moveable feast” that is life is both a blessing and a curse. If we know exactly what was going to occur, then life would be rather dull and pedestrian,... read more →
I am from a proud working class background emanating originally from the north of England, a place where the idea of accepting charity is rather a kin to accepting an... read more →
Twenty years ago I was sat in England and somehow convinced myself that elephants were about to become extinct. That led eventually to me selling up, leaving my job, getting... read more →
Are we about to commit a massive own goal? Have we, through stupid shortsighted greed, given ourselves the ultimate red card? This is not going to be another of those... read more →
Back to basics, an over used term and an under accomplished goal. The simplest principles that relate to investment, money and its maximisation are misunderstood by many people and yet... read more →
I was lucky enough recently, thanks to good friends at Everton football club, to experience a world class stadium at its very best. With six others, all of whom had... read more →
Talking with a friend and a fellow CEO of an investment house last week and we got onto the subject of children, teenagers in particular. It was all light hearted... read more →
If you were to drop a cat from a twenty storey building it would actually bounce as it hit the deck, despite using up all of its remaining lives on... read more →
Time and the passage of time are to some extent illusionary. We can at one moment feel that we have had the longest week in history but at the same... read more →
I was sitting and drinking in a luxury hotel in Rosebank recently, with an old mate whose history in the JSE is as deep as the big hole of Kimberley.... read more →