Even though I was pretty sure that I had coronavirus back in March, I still wanted confirmation of that by test. Up until now, the tests for antibodies have had some bad press for not being too accurate, but there is a test centre in Hammersmith which uses South Korean tests which have high specificity […]
How did the David Swenson allocation do during the Covid-19 market tumult?
Now I know that it’s not over yet and there’s big questions over the shape of the recovery post-Corona, but it’s worth a look at how the David Swenson allocation that I use performed during this crisis. There were some huge moves across almost all asset classes. At one point, the UK 100 index was […]
Key learnings from Google Digital Garage’s free course: Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
It’s a good time to be skilling up and there are loads of great courses out there online and many of them are free, and the ones that are paid aren’t that expensive (around £30 say – check out Udemy, Coursera etc). Google Digital Garage has lots of free courses and the one that caught […]
How Moneybox helped me painlessly save and invest £722.50 in 15 months
This is a follow up to an earlier post I wrote called How you can save money effortlessly using Monzo, Marcus by Goldman Sachs, and Moneybox and an update to how the Moneybox part is doing. Automatic equals painless Ramit Sethi is all about having systems in place so that you don’t have to use […]
The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
Angelique gave this book to me in May 2014 and it’s taken a lockdown in 2020 for me to read. Sorry Babe! Anh Do is a famous artist and comedian in Australia and he tells his story of how he and his family escaped post-war Vietnam by boat and eventually settling in Australia. Anh and […]