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MerrynSW

  1. My soft spot for Church House - and their new Deep Value Fund bit.ly/LBUpcI about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Wrote about this chart at the weekend. Lots of you have asked for it so here it is again (with old blog comment). bit.ly/LBIcEQ about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. @Bobajobbob there is another more complicated one the £100k plus lot can use. about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to Bobajobbob
  4. @Tom_Moggach Wondering if you have any advice on where to get shiso seeds and lemon verbena plants in Scotland. Having trouble... Thanks about 3 hours ago via web
  5. Capital flight from Europe boosts Ldn hse prices. Flight from Brazil does it for Miami. And from China for Vancouver. bit.ly/LPmInt about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. Upset yourself. Find out how much tax you pay and what it is spent on. bit.ly/LPmvke about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  7. Average tax take in Europe in 2010: just under 40% of GDP. Average state spending: just over 50% of GDP. about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. @Retail_Guru So far.. about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to Retail_Guru
  9. Tax Freedom Day. How to make it come a little earlier for you next year. bit.ly/LBq79L about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  10. 50% of China's millionaires wish they lived somewhere else bit.ly/LBnbKh about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  11. Wine investment and Macau. Look at them together and they tell you all is not well with the Chinese economy. bit.ly/LBm917 about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  12. The biggest disaster in Greece? It could be healthcare. bit.ly/KpkMlR about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  13. This is fascinating.. when you could assume the risk free rate was 6% and the av annual return on equities was 14% bit.ly/JKC0Ly 1:46 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  14. @WestIndep we don't know what they will use yet. But rents are falling too... 6:20 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to WestIndep
  15. What kind of return would you need to lend unsecured to a unaudited borrower with a history of playing dirty? bit.ly/KLWy2o 4:44 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  16. We've been wondering when the ONS wld force down CPI by adding in falling house prices. We need wonder no more. on.ft.com/L6KbAE 4:27 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  17. ONS Index shows hse prices in London down 0.2% in March. Not enough to tell us much but maybe they can't rise for ever bit.ly/Jdo8Ht 2:17 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck