The Half English

Unfortunately I’m away/ busy this weekend, so it’s the abridged links only.

Have a great week,

The Shrink

Other News

• CNBC reckons retiring boomers spells trouble for the stock market (1)
• In these days of low interest rates paying off your mortgage is a safe bet (2)
• Ancient grains are misnamed, and their health benefits are unconfirmed (3)
• Moving from BTL to short-term holiday lets is profitable (4) – but in my experience a pain in the arse
• Problems compound for Woodford (5)
• Methods to get out of debt from a deprived area (6)
• The BoE may have to cut rates even if there’s a Brexit deal (7)
• The UK needs to be spending billions a year to meet it’s climate target (8)

Opinion/ blogs:

• A Guardian post about minimalist lifestyle (9)
• Nouriel Roubini in the Guardian on the global games of brinksmanship (10)
• From earlier this month, Aswath Damodaran blogs about the WeWork IPO (11)
• TI is musing on when money has meaning (12)
• TEA weighs in on politics (13)
• The DIY Investor UK adds NextEnergy Solar to his portfolio (14)
• MsZiYou has a list of current UK FIRE Bloggers, alongside a few posts about her continued travels (15) – Which prompted me to add a load more to my monthly checklist
• The Banker on Fire lays out seven popular myths about Investment Bankers (16)
• And takes a look at Junior ISAs (17)
• Fretful Finance considers whether Saving and Investing is just for the middle classes (18)
• The Foxy Monkey is closing in on FI (19)
• And has some quarterly picks (20)
• Tony at One Million Journey looks at P2P lending risk (21)
• The Squirreler reviews the Manchester FIRE meetup (22)
• A Way to Less cuts their food bill (23)
• The Frugal Cottage looks back on the 50% savings rate goal (24)
• GFF goes on holiday (25)
• David at I Retired Young is off travelling again (26)
• Sam at A Simple Life reflects on the benefits of positive thinking (27)
• And finally Indeedably has lessons from rejection (28)

The kitchen garden:

• Are Oysters vegan? (29)
• Jack Wallington has this months allotment update (30)
• And the Agents of Field are harvesting (31)

What I’m reading (affiliate links):

Food Of The Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs and Human Evolution – Terence McKenna – An ethnobotanist explores humanitys’ fascination with hallucinogenics, and the role of altered states of consciousness on the development of human society.

References:

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/24/theory-suggests-retiring-baby-boomers-could-spark-stock-dark-period.html
2. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-7500027/Overpay-mortgage-beat-rock-bottom-savings-rates.html
3. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332493-100-ancient-grains-are-misnamed-and-their-health-benefits-are-unconfirmed/
4. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/property/article-7352931/Swapping-buy-let-short-term-holiday-let-prove-profitable.html
5. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-7507989/Neil-Woodfords-Patient-Capital-shares-fall-amid-fresh-writedowns.html
6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-49648109
7. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/27/bank-of-england-hints-at-interest-rate-cut-even-without-no-deal-brexit
8. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/28/uk-needs-billions-a-year-to-meet-2050-climate-targets
9. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/sep/29/i-sold-our-house-and-gave-away-our-stuff-the-minimalists-doing-more-with-less
10. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/24/global-economy-trump-china-iran-brexit-argentina
11. http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2019/09/runaway-story-or-meltdown-in-motion.html
12. https://monevator.com/something-to-lose/
13. https://theescapeartist.me/2019/09/29/building-blocks-of-a-wealthy-society-2-democracy/
14. http://diyinvestoruk.blogspot.com/2019/09/nextenergy-solar-portfolio-addition.html
15. https://www.msziyou.com/uk-fire-bloggers-directory-2019/
16. http://bankeronfire.com/seven-popular-misconceptions-about-investment-bankers
17. http://bankeronfire.com/junior-isa-is-it-as-good-as-it-seems
18. http://fretfulfinance.co.uk/is-saving-and-investing-only-for-the-middle-class/
19. https://www.foxymonkey.com/fi-getting-real/
20. https://www.foxymonkey.com/gemfinder-q3-2019-doom-gloom/
21. https://www.onemillionjourney.com/peer-to-peer-lending-risks/
22. https://thesquirreler.com/2019/09/29/mcr-fire-meet-up-27th-september-2019/
23. https://awaytoless.com/how-we-cut-our-food-shopping-bill-in-half/
24. http://www.thefrugalcottage.com/aiming-to-save-50-of-our-income-4-years-on/
25. https://gentlemansfamilyfinances.wordpress.com/2019/09/27/holiday-a-window-to-the-future-or-a-mirage/
26. https://www.iretiredyoung.net/single-post/2019/09/27/Early-retirement-travelling-again—is-this-why-I-retired
27. https://asimplelifewithsam.com/2019/09/27/the-power-of-positive-thinking/
28. https://indeedably.com/rejection/
29. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/sep/27/are-oysters-vegan-kitchen-aide
30. https://www.jackwallington.com/allotment-month-46-tomatoes-edamame-apples-raspberries-and-sunflowers/
31. https://agentsoffield.com/2019/09/22/reap-what-you-sow/