tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post5044337687568832671..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Protection from the Brown DevaluationCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33946282060664528482010-03-05T08:14:02.384+00:002010-03-05T08:14:02.384+00:00Sackerson: "Default, devalue and start again?...Sackerson: "Default, devalue and start again?"<br /><br />It has taken me ten years to accumulate my little pension, of which 50% is in UK gilts. <br /><br />I relish neither the prospect of UK default nor 'starting again' only ten years before retirement age, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-57486610050397153362010-03-04T22:49:11.013+00:002010-03-04T22:49:11.013+00:00sounds like a great way to take a haircut.sounds like a great way to take a haircut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11530904631049486752010-03-04T14:55:33.991+00:002010-03-04T14:55:33.991+00:00ishares have just launched an AUS etfishares have just launched an AUS etfroymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040387761432476794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-27536001327357930412010-03-04T13:52:48.493+00:002010-03-04T13:52:48.493+00:00Default, devalue and start again?Default, devalue and start again?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-79952874675872969822010-03-04T13:18:42.365+00:002010-03-04T13:18:42.365+00:00"emerging markets" - remember the old sa..."emerging markets" - remember the old saw? "So called because you rarely emerge with your money intact".<br /><br />I wonder if that still holds these days?Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-46089913574704614282010-03-04T12:45:18.983+00:002010-03-04T12:45:18.983+00:00Ruffer - both the total return and European fund h...<a href="http://www.ruffer.co.uk/index.html" rel="nofollow">Ruffer</a> - both the total return and European fund have massacred the index since inception and are available through Hargreaves Lansdown for zero upfront fees.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-78592914687762440662010-03-04T12:21:10.917+00:002010-03-04T12:21:10.917+00:00SL - well, I am no Warren Buffet. Emerging markets...SL - well, I am no Warren Buffet. Emerging markets are certainly the place to be; intrigued by the total return fund - you have a link?CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-20908557902796701842010-03-04T11:47:14.082+00:002010-03-04T11:47:14.082+00:00Also, my Ruffer Total Return fund seems to jump ev...Also, my Ruffer Total Return fund seems to jump every time sterling falls. Some clever people there who have made nearly 40% throughout the 2 years of the crisis.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-68239311258930183332010-03-04T11:44:43.173+00:002010-03-04T11:44:43.173+00:00I remember last time this came up I tipped the Inv...I remember last time this came up I tipped the Investec Emerging Market Debt fund, which you disagreed with.<br /><br />Was 140p then, 170p now!Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-77455601876964474472010-03-04T10:22:23.034+00:002010-03-04T10:22:23.034+00:00AUD bank accounts on offer from me. Very reasonabl...AUD bank accounts on offer from me. Very reasonable commission applies!Richard Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565380446421416586noreply@blogger.com