Money & Markets
Personal finance and investing in plain English
Unit trusts, OEICs and investment trusts: the practical differences a UK investor needs to know
Unit trusts, OEICs and investment trusts look similar on a UK platform but behave very differently. A plain English guide…
The circus leaves town: what the small-cap market looks like when you stop believing the press release
What the small-cap market looks like when you learn to read between the lines of press releases, RNS filings, and…
Pump, dump, and the Telegram channel: how the 2010 boiler room moved to your messaging app
The pump-and-dump hasn't changed since 2010. The boiler room of cold calls has moved to Telegram, Discord and TikTok. Recognise…
Large-cap shares: the trade-offs of buying the obvious names
The FTSE 100 is the obvious place to start. But the comfort of owning a household name comes with trade-offs…
What 30 years of small-cap reporting teaches you about preparation, risk and survival
Three decades of small-cap reporting reveal one truth: preparation beats prediction. The framework UK investors should run before any trade.
The seven rules continued: who you know, dispassion, and why time in the market beats timing it
Monty's last four rules: the City information network, dispassion at the ticker, averaging down, and time in the market over…
Top-slicing: how to take some profit without selling everything
Top-slicing means trimming a position that has run hard rather than selling it all. The technique that lets you bank…
From drill hole to resource estimate: how junior miners turn geology into a number the market can value
Most investors focus on the headline discovery. The real edge is understanding how a drill result becomes a credible, independently…
Information, cost and position size: the first three rules every private investor needs to understand
Before you click buy, three structural disadvantages have already been set against you: information, cost and position size. The Street…
Stop-loss orders explained: triggers, gaps and execution risk
A stop-loss triggers an attempt to sell after a price decline. Learn why the execution price can be lower, how…