The Lighter Side of Investing with Archie
Archie can’t have his bone and eat it in a period of lower returns from the markets.
Going “green” Is No Longer an Option for Big Business – It Is an Investment Must
Going ‘green’ is no longer an option for big business – it is an investment must, writes Peter Sullivan, one of our contributors.
The environment jumped this year from the fringes of economic theory, plonk, into the centre of the real economy. Like any pebble thrown into placid waters, environmental matters are making waves, and waves hitting the banks create new counter-ripples. Bank is the right word. Because the environment, and our new concern with it, has resulted in billions or even trillions of dollars being invested or diverted to meet those concerns. Bunny huggers and talkers to trees had little effect on our lives in past decades. Many of us chose to ignore, deliberately or forgetfully, soft issues like climate change, global warming, conservationists bemoaning species loss or environmentalists crying about habitat loss. Now these very issues occupy the minds of retailers’ top executives, appear on mining companies’ agendas, influence prices of everything from shampoo to fuel, food to platinum.
Funny Business by Rico
The tax return season is upon us and Rico, one of our contributors, reminds us that the taxman wants his slice!
Will Archie Get His Wish?
Don’t you think I look gorgeous with this sculpture? I hope my owners leave it to me in their wills. Click here to read our article on Wills.
The Accidental Investor: Shy of Retiring
The Accidental Investor by our contributor, Nick Warren, returns with his thoughts on retirement…
Retirement is wasted on the old. It is best suited to the young and dynamic. Those you read about in business and lifestyle magazines. The young bucks that make their fortunes and build their empires and ‘retire’ at 35 only to saunter back onto the front covers with new ventures as 40-year old veterans.
Archie: Looking after His Investments
Our Schnauzer, Archie, after he has been looking after his investments (burying his bone!).
Enjoying Retirement: A Letter to My Daughter
I mentioned when I started the blog that I would post the occasional light hearted article. This is one of them. Peter Sullivan, former Editor-in-Chief of Independent Newspapers and one of our contributors, is someone who is particularly adept at living a portfolio life (click here to read “Life Can Be Good in a Portfolio Life”). He is retired but is as busy and active as he’s ever been (have a look at our recent article “Rethinking Retirement”). He recently celebrated his 65th birthday by going on a cycle tour through the Karoo with a group of friends. Here he describes the joys of the experience in a letter to his daughter, Helen, who is working in the United States…
My darling daughter Helen
What a pity you couldn’t join my 65th birthday cycle ride through the Karoo. You would have loved it. Happy as you are in New York, South Africa is still special to you I know, and the Karoo a very special part of it. Your great-grandfather was born there. Cycling is the best way to see it, specially with friends.
Funny Business by Rico
I did laugh at this cartoon by Rico, as the earlier you start saving the better. But if you missed it, read Rethinking Retirement – it’s never too late and you can continue saving and growing wealth even in your ‘retirement’ years.
Funny Business by Rico
And finally this month, the following cartoon by Rico Schacherl, one of our contributors, seemed quite apt and amusing.
