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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:30 +0000Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:49:47 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/personal-finance/merryn-somerset-webb(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/1d5fe562-d602-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1d5fe562-d602-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlBuying a fund of value stocks should provide good upside if the rally continues, some capital protection if not, and reasonable income either way Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:30 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/6a579a42-d088-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6a579a42-d088-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlBusiness school students – and investors - should throw out their textbooks and looking for real value in their investments insteadFri, 13 Nov 2009 19:12:17 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/fa3b3afa-bff9-11de-aed2-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fa3b3afa-bff9-11de-aed2-00144feab49a.htmlMuch fuss this week about the Financial Service Authority's (FSA) review of the mortgage market. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:32:37 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/e0fb82e2-ba78-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e0fb82e2-ba78-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.htmlInvestment trusts are cheap, they're easy to buy and they easily outperform most other funds in rising markets. Buy them while you still canFri, 16 Oct 2009 18:29:07 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/2bd0295c-b4b7-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2bd0295c-b4b7-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.htmlThe dollar looks just about dead. The US is running a massive trade deficit, has an almost unfeasibly large budget deficit and offers basically no yield at all to anyone dumb enough to hold its currency.Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:19:55 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/1caa20a6-b4f1-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1caa20a6-b4f1-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.htmlThe dollar looks just about dead. The US is running a massive trade deficit, has an almost unfeasibly large budget deficit and offers basically no yield at all to anyone dumb enough to hold its currency.Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:19:55 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/409176fe-af74-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/409176fe-af74-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.htmlThere was a time when David Swansen was every investor's hero. Under his stewardship the Yale University endowment fund outperformed pretty much every other fund in the world between 1985 and 2008 and became the subject of a million business school seminars in the process.Fri, 2 Oct 2009 18:19:38 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/d35463ea-a9fa-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d35463ea-a9fa-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.htmlI had dinner this week with friends from my Japanese stockbroking days. They have not gone back into the market. So the question round the table was: is it too late? Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:45:17 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/82b82ec8-a47b-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/82b82ec8-a47b-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.htmlIf, like me, you believe a perfect storm is just getting going in the currency markets, it's now a question of how – not if – to buy goldFri, 18 Sep 2009 18:52:03 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/7ae3517c-9efa-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7ae3517c-9efa-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.htmlI've been a gold bug for nearly ten years. It's been good: the dollar price of gold has nearly quadrupled since 2000. It has also been easy. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:43:11 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/9114cf66-93f6-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9114cf66-93f6-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.htmlI made jam tarts the other day. many of my friends also bake. It is one of the classic symptoms of collapsing consumer confidenceFri, 28 Aug 2009 18:17:24 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/4213db12-8e76-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4213db12-8e76-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.htmlThere was much excitement this week among the "worst is over" crowd as Germany and France reported GDP growth of 0.3 per cent. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:16:20 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/6ffd4ed2-88ef-11de-b50f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6ffd4ed2-88ef-11de-b50f-00144feabdc0.htmlMarket timing is easy in hindsight – but do you know anyone who got out of the market two years ago and went back in this March? Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:28:32 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/0911bc08-7df0-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0911bc08-7df0-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.htmlJust because I don't believe in a V-shaped recovery doesn't mean I disagree with Barry Norris of Argonaut on European equitiesFri, 31 Jul 2009 18:09:23 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/e94f992e-7874-11de-bb06-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fwebbhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e94f992e-7874-11de-bb06-00144feabdc0.htmlSome farmers might be hoping to put up wind turbines on their land, but the rest of them – and many UK investors – will have to hope that rising grain prices make them rich Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:11:11 +0100