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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, 6 Nov 2009 19:17:07 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:02:53 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/personal-finance/serious-money(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/2/9e8283b6-cb08-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9e8283b6-cb08-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlTreason and plot were just a few of the accusations levelled against me, for the apparently incendiary suggestion that the hidden costs of investment funds were a menaceFri, 6 Nov 2009 19:17:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/6b8fe318-c581-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6b8fe318-c581-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a.htmlOne former fund manager believes the industry is short changing customers to the tune of £5.8bn – by keeping charges hidden Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:08:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/c3d26926-bffd-11de-aed2-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c3d26926-bffd-11de-aed2-00144feab49a.htmlAs Apple and Microsoft continue to do battle, Far Eastern tech stocks are doing something revolutionary: paying dividendsFri, 23 Oct 2009 19:00:08 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/91164798-ba79-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/91164798-ba79-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.htmlFor how long can you go on defending the indefensible? That rather depends on whether you're an MP or a journalist writing about structured products Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:30:55 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/fedbc664-b4fb-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fedbc664-b4fb-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.htmlThis week, lengthening recession and deepening government debt brought about a change in etiquette: brutal honesty is now the best policyFri, 9 Oct 2009 18:52:17 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/6fb77c68-af78-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6fb77c68-af78-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.htmlIt's not easy being contrarian. It never has been.Fri, 2 Oct 2009 18:36:39 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/d404d604-a828-11de-8305-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d404d604-a828-11de-8305-00144feabdc0.htmlT he more you have to lose, the harder it is to admit you've lost. History books are full of great leaders who – considering what was at stake – simply refused to concede defeat: Charles I, Lord Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Silvio Berlusconi…Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:53:20 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e4802c0-a9fe-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e4802c0-a9fe-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.htmlThis week's "FutureWealth" research astonished me: spite of "financial Armageddon", two out of three millionaires say they were no worse offFri, 25 Sep 2009 18:53:20 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/d6ff1cea-a47a-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d6ff1cea-a47a-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.htmlReaders of The Economist set great store by its "Big Mac Index". But FT readers might gain more from an index of burger warehouse pricesFri, 18 Sep 2009 18:51:23 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/fad24734-9efb-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fad24734-9efb-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.htmlFormer employees of Lehman Brothers have spent the year since the collapse of the investment bank making drastic changes. But for investors, the rollercoaster ride seems almost to have come full circle. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:54:05 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/cf749310-996c-11de-ab8c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cf749310-996c-11de-ab8c-00144feabdc0.htmlSo it seems the credit crunch has claimed its latest victim: the pin-striped suit. Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:07:47 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/70969c62-93f9-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/70969c62-93f9-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.htmlThe trouble with Chinese food – so the cliché goes – is that, half an hour later, you're hungry again. Much the same can be said of Chinese economic dataFri, 28 Aug 2009 18:38:25 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/f577c312-8e80-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f577c312-8e80-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.htmlNew chinese traders helped push the daily value of transactions on Chinese stock exchanges up to $63bn – which Bloomberg noted was more than the $58bn dealt on the markets of New York, London and Tokyo put together. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:38:56 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/ffb6ee40-88f7-11de-b50f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ffb6ee40-88f7-11de-b50f-00144feabdc0.htmlSome investment trusts look like a steal – allowing investors to grab assets on the cheap, and get a lot more money for them later Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:34:01 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/b05f60f2-7df3-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fyourmoney%2Fserioushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b05f60f2-7df3-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.htmlStatistically, the FTSE has equalled its best ever run, and house prices have achieved their strongest rise in two years. But might these observations be wide of the mark?Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:12:27 +0100