In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with a scorchingly honest (what else?!) appraisal of the merits of gold as a place to store your wealth when things are looking rocky!

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• Helicopters;
• A benign Budget (on the surface);
• a "Lincoln's Listener Letter" from a Mrs Marlene Dietrich, of Droitwich.

LINKS:

• None. Go surf your own Interweb!

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with an indispensable guide as to how to have a reservoir of optimism in a world seemingly going to hell in a handbasket!

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• The forthcoming UK Budget on 29th October;
• a "Lincoln's Listener Letter" from a Mrs Raquel Welch, of Belper.

LINKS:

• Tickets for Humans Under Management here;
• Hans Rosling's "Factfullness";
• Matt Ridley's dissection of the Four Horsemen.

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with a highlight reel of the daftest economic and market predictions of the last six years.

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• Recovering from food poisoning via the Ryder Cup;
• a "Lincoln's Listener Letter" from a Mrs Dolly Parton, of Great Barton.

LINKS:

• Tickets for Humans Under Management here;
• Nick's well received Tweet showing the Cassandra slide he refers to;
• Nick's latest Market Update: essential reading!

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with a reminder of the constant volatility of the markets - volatility which should be constantly welcomed by investors. This episode forms a natural bookend to episode #34, so do listen to that one as well.

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• Alastair Cook and the 2019 Ashes;
• His growing podcast fanbase in The Netherlands;
• a "Lincoln's Listener Letter" from a Mrs Bette Davis, of Dagenham.

LINKS:

• Robert Tombs' masterful "The English and their History"
• The JP Morgan Guide To The Markets

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with his views on a thorny issue for UK advisers - Capacity For Loss.

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• His house move;
• A recent break with TLP in Croatia - beaches are reviewed;
• Potentially slightly changing the focus of the Money HatTip - but don't panic;
• A Departure Lounge Review (Split);
• a "Lincoln's Listener Letter" from a Mrs Jean Harlow, of Hitchin.

LINKS:

• Adviser event of the year: "Humans Under Management". Be there. And be square.

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with numbers behind "The Behaviour Gap", aka "Touching Your Soap Too Much".

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• a dead housing market;
• "Finest Years" by Max Hastings;
• the bloody "Sound of Music" and John Coltrane;
• cricket and Northern anaesthetists;
• a "Lincoln's Listener Letter" from a Mrs Lana Turner, of Port Talbot.

LINKS:

• John Coltrane's "My Favourite Things";
• Link to "Finest Years" by Max Hastings.

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with a story highlighting the dangers of "touching" your investments too often. Like soap, an investment portfolio will gradually whittle away the more it is touched!

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• Wimbledon;
• The crassnes of calling Donald Trump a Nazi;
• "Unfunded tax-cuts";
• A "Lincoln's Listener Letter" from Mrs Veronica Lake, of Basildon.

LINKS:

• The article about Grace Groner and Richard Fuscone.

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with a horror-story example of everything wrong with financial journalism. Remember: financial journalism is not designed to educate or help you in any way: it's there to sell advertising.

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• Endless sunshine and 1976;
• England's advance in the Association Football World Cup;
• Complete lack of interest in his house (dead housing market?);
• A "Lincoln's Listener Letter" from Mrs Veronica Lake, of Basildon.

LINKS:

• The horrifically bad Daily Telegraph article;
• Nick's well-received Tweet dissemination of said article.

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener his newly found belief of distilling complex financial plans down into a document no longer than one-side of A4.

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• Lovely weather;
• England simultaneously winning at both Association Football and cricket;
• Being Best Man to a LibDem groom on 23rd June;
• A new segment, "Lincoln's Listener Letters".

LINKS:

• Nick's blog piece on K.I.S.S and the One Page Financial Plan.

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In which Nick regales The Dear Listener with the final three of the nine beliefs that underpin all the advice that he gives to all of his clients, all of the time. No exceptions!

In this episode of what his mother calls the UK's leading personal finance podcast, Nick also rambles on about:

• The passing of Anthony Bourdain;
• Losing his mobile phone (without insurance….);
• A trip to Brno (including a Yoda-introduced Airport Departure Lounge Review);
• Being Best Man to a LibDem groom on 23rd June;
• A Relationship HatTip on the dangers of predictive text.

LINKS:

• Fab bio of Jeremy Thorpe;
• Links to "Progress" and "The Rational Optimist";
• The late Anthony Bourdain's wonderful "Kitchen Confidential";
• The Nine Beliefs from Nick's website;
• Episode 10 of the "Money HatTip" podcast, on adviser ideology.

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