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It's a bad news week ... again!
“What information consumes is rather obvious. It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a...![](/media/ujpjo3vp/dont-budge.jpg?width=480&height=360&rnd=133074755787500000)
Don’t Budge
The journey is a teacher: the trip up the mountain, the potholes, the base camps, the rest stops – and...![](/media/gslnkt4l/summerbanner.jpg?width=480&height=360&rnd=133075504531400000)
Summertime, No Blues
“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.” John Maynard Keynes Time is...![](/media/rlxl4udh/windingroadbanner.jpg?width=480&height=360&rnd=133074705573730000)
NOT A LETTER FROM LINLITHGOW
Last month I said that I was taking a wee break from Letter from Linlithgow. Isn’t it funny that when...![](/media/sefmoz03/souvenirsbanner.jpg?rxy=0.8466421199823688,0.42136565978634904&width=480&height=360&rnd=133092647329430000)
Fears for souvenirs
“A pessimist is one who sees a disaster in every opportunity. An optimist sees opportunity in every disaster” John D...![](/media/m5absbnh/bricksbanner.jpg?width=480&height=360&rnd=133074705558430000)
Probability and the three bricks
“I’m not young enough to know everything” Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) “If you eat, invest and think according to what the...![](/media/dhnl3i2c/nowhereblogbanner.jpg?width=480&height=360&rnd=133074755784170000)
Wealth Doesn’t Like Crowds
"In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable." Robert Arnott It’s been a little choppy of late. That’s a good...![](/media/tl5fir15/emptyboardroom.jpg?rxy=0.48332673164700357,0.6367278937236114&width=480&height=360&rnd=133092641032370000)
What’s in a name?
Changing a brand seems to be a rite of passage for businesses. There are countless examples such as Marathon becoming...![](/media/ed1enqkg/realitybanner.jpg?rxy=0.2760214412900312,0.516406745641093&width=480&height=360&rnd=133092640944930000)
We need to get back to reality
It was just before Christmas that I sent the last of these missives and what has happened since then? Not...![](/media/4ebhycjc/jobscharts.jpg?width=480&height=360&rnd=133074755402370000)
Hurry Up and Wait
“Throughout all my years of investing I've found that the big money was never made in the buying or the...![](/media/f0ynobsh/thenightbanner.jpg?rxy=0.32268582903956344,0.4835530562868739&width=480&height=360&rnd=133092647431530000)
Helping you to make it thro the night
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in...![](/media/da4nxjsa/discobanner.jpg?width=480&height=360&rnd=133074755759770000)