Money & Markets
Personal finance and investing in plain English
The art and discipline of small-cap investing: final thoughts
Analytical skill gets you to the starting line. Temperament determines whether you finish. The final framework for lasting in small-cap…
Bid and offer: what the spread actually costs you and why it matters more on smaller stocks
The bid-offer spread is a hidden cost most investors never check. Here is what it is, why it hits small-cap…
Bowler hats, gorillas and Krugerrands: what Brian Winterflood’s Square Mile teaches us about every crisis since
Brian Winterflood buried Krugerrands in his garden in 1974. What the City veteran’s testimony reveals about every financial crisis since.
Small-cap ETFs and funds: getting exposure without picking individual stocks
Passive small-cap investing explained: ETFs, AIM investment trusts, and blended strategies for market exposure without stock-picking.
How to spot investment scams
Investment fraud costs UK investors hundreds of millions each year. Here is how to recognise clone firms, boiler rooms, social…
How to build a small-cap portfolio that can actually survive
Diversification, position sizing, and knowing when to buy, add, and sell. How to construct a small-cap portfolio built to last…
Who actually profits from M&A — the advisers, lawyers and bankers behind every deal
Advisory fees on a major UK takeover can run to hundreds of millions. Here is who gets paid, how, and…
A balanced portfolio: putting it all together
After learning the building blocks of investing, here is how to combine them into a balanced portfolio you can build,…
Case studies — small-cap failures and what they teach us
Quindell and Conviviality are two of the most instructive small-cap collapses in recent UK market history. Here is what went…
When deals go bad — the post-merger reality nobody talks about at the announcement
The announcement is the high watermark. What follows — integration struggles, write-downs, and broken promises — rarely makes the same…