As you know, I enjoy endurance sports, especially when they don’t put me in hospital. I’ve already written about the behavioural aspects of this episode, but I think there are broader applications of risk management and even investment to endurance sports. For any...
I thought it might be helpful to write a primer on risk and uncertainty, and what people mean when they use these terms. This is in a general sense, but also in relation to finance. These are just my views, and others will have different ways of looking at this topic,...
Last weekend I took part in the Dubai Ironman 70.3 – for a little while, anyway! Not long after starting the swim, my hips went into cramp. I hoped the cramps would settle, so I carried on. But the cramps didn’t settle, they got worse and by the time I’d come out of...
A recent report from the Government Actuary’s Department suggested that National Insurance contributions would need to rise significantly to cover the increased cost of state pensions. This would be unfair – in essence, it would mean taxing a generation...
