Hints and tips:
...Looking at my larger holdings, speculation surfaces from time to time in both Aviva and M&G....
...gideon.rachman@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Fossil fuel obsolescence must be properly planned / From Matthew G Andersson, Chicago, IL, US...
...As a “core” there was a three-unit holding in each of Aviva, Legal & General and M&G, all on yields of at least 8 per cent....
...Other smaller-cap purchases in my Isa include Christie, Goodwin and Manolete....
...It costs from $13,500 per person (based on two sharing), with the tour also available at other times of year; see geoex.com Spring gardens in Dorset G&T Garden Tours is a new Dorset-based outfit offering...
...Andrew Goodwin: I think the BoE has already done enough, but I expect it to do more....
...(engineering) at £24, Jarvis (stockbroking) at 108p equivalent, Legal & General at 201p, M&G at 133p, and STV (television) at 220p....
...My large-cap holdings — the “three sisters” of Aviva, Legal & General, and M&G — are gently climbing....
...And the man who got the job instead was Fred Goodwin....
...Andrew Goodwin: I don’t think the Bank of England has lost control of inflation in the first place....
...If Debt/GDP is about 1 now (UK-US levels) you can run a primary deficit of (g-r) — where g is growth rate and r is real cost of borrowing — and keep Debt/GDP constant....
...And D&G isn’t on $1bn China Railway Construction Corporation mandates, even if some of its top officials might enjoy the Italian company’s Domenico Mask sunglasses....
...Law firm Goodwin has hired Simon Thomas as a partner in the firm’s financial restructuring practice. Thomas, who is based in London, was a partner at Addleshaw Goddard....
...Stew Goodwin Cotuit, MA, US...
...International Russel Scaplehorn Managing Director, Hornbill Lee Turner Contracts Director, JM Morris Huw G Jones Director, Jones Bros Ruthin Co Ltd Jonathan Jones Director, Severn Glocon Group...
...W&G has proved extremely difficult to sell or float on the stock market. Assume a forced sale for negligible value and that would be another hit....
...Sadly, the heat lasts longer than my holiday allowance, thus the remainder of summer is spent racing from air-con to swimming pool to G&T....
...The G is compulsory for all UK-registered aircraft but DMBO is Goodwin’s homage to his father or, more specifically, the flying elephant that was painted on the side of his Wellington bomber....
...Little surprise, in a world getting to grips with the logic of “r > g”, that we should not expect the benefits to be equally shared....
...Lena Komileva, G+ Economics: The uptrend in UK house prices is largely a secular trend....
...Lena Komileva, G+ Economics: In short, no....
...Andrew Goodwin, Oxford Economics: The key to ensuring that the recovery is sustainable is getting investment and exports to play their parts....
...Some cyclical factors (e.g. substitution of labour for capital investment) are likely to unwind, allowing some catch up....
...Andrew Goodwin, Oxford Economics: I think it likely that the pace of growth will cool a little in the new year....
...on the arrogant Fred Goodwin’s obsessive leadership....
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