John Cage wrote:

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
I'm frightened of the old ones.

Here are a few of mine:


13-10-2008 10:48:18
What a difference a day makes!

London Evening Standard, Thursday 25th September 2008; "BAILOUT HOPE BOOSTS SHARES"
London Evening Standard, Friday 26th September 2008; "BAILOUT CHAOS HITS THE CITY"

It has been an instructive few weeks for me. ...more

19-07-2008 18:24:56
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries" (Julius Caesar Act 4).

Please forgive the rather pretentious beginning to this edition ...more
'BUCKLE UP!' - My Say No 36
29-03-2008 21:14:39
"This is your captain speaking please fasten your seatbelts tightly and assume the 'brace' position". I was on a flight recently and, as an idle mind is often an evil mind, I couldn't help smiling and thinking of the current market 'turmoil' as we we ...more
"PERCEPTION IS REALITY "- MY SAY NO 35
22-03-2008 16:03:44
I know the stockmarket is perceived to be irrational by many observers as I am often asked about sudden price changes that don't seem to make sense.

A common occurrence is a run up in the share price prior to a good profit result announcement onl ...more
DO AS I SAY; NOT AS I DO - MY SAY No 31
13-08-2007 20:52:21
Two questions keep popping up in my dialogue with people interested in investing. "Which shares should I buy?" and the natural corollary, "When should I buy them?"

Chapter nineteen in my book deals very briefly with the first of these issues but i ...more