The Full English – No extraneous opinions

I’m working this weekend, so much like Monevator I’m afraid it’s links only. Usual service resumed next week.

Have a great week,

The Shrink

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News:

This image from the FT demonstrates how little of ‘infinite QE’ has actually been deployed (1):

• The first COVID-19 data from the ONS shows that ~6% of the population have antibodies (2) – Still a way to go
• This mum has a clever method of teaching money, fitting out a vending machine with treats at home (3)
• VAG has lost the ‘dieselgate’ case, paving the way for more compensation claims (4)
• AirBnB hosts are selling up due to COVID-19 (5)
• Slightly bizarre plan to create a UK sovereign wealth fund (6)
• Nissan is keeping it’s UK plant but shutting it’s Spanish one, leading to protests (7)
• Electric car owner with Octopus Energy were paid to charge their car as demand fell (8)

Comment:

• Really interesting piece in Forbes about the rise of deepfakes and the implications for a fake news society (9)
• The IT Investor looks at Monks IT (10)
• Money Mage covers why they left their job (11)
• Jennifer at Monethalia has her May savings report (12)
• The Cashflow Cop reviews whether their families numbers are FI yet (13)
• Mouthy Money has a story from someone who has moved house during the current lockdown (14)
• Dr Fire has some lessons from Stoicism for FIRE (15)
• Hustle Escapes looks at delayed gratification (16)
• Path to Life 2 has a May finance update (17)
• As does Fu Mon Chu at FI UK Money (18)
• Playing with FIRE looks at leasehold properties (19)
• 7 circles has a reminder about market timing (20)
• Moneygrower has a look at the Coronavirus rally and their stock purchases (21)
• TFS on the linear relationship between privilege and rule-breaking (22)
• TI at Monevator looks at some of the numbers that made this bear market so special (23)
• I don’t usually go in for TEA’s guest posts, but this one on online side hustles is interesting (24)
• Banker on Fire has two great posts this week; this on passive income (25)
• And this on the emergence of tech companies (26)
• And indeedably ponders big changes in his financial approach (27)

This amazing image from the Visual Capitalist (28):

References:

 

1. https://www.ft.com/content/a1fba7cd-5329-46e6-82a8-57149e409f6c
2. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/28may2020
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52820814
4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52795376
5. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/25/tech/airbnb-hosts/index.html
6. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-8351337/Britains-plan-25bn-sovereign-wealth-fund.html
7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52829348
8. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-8365581/Electric-car-owners-PAID-charge-prices-turned-negative.html
9. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2020/05/25/deepfakes-are-going-to-wreak-havoc-on-society-we-are-not-prepared/
10. https://www.itinvestor.co.uk/2020/05/monks-investment-trust-with-change-comes-opportunity/
11. https://www.moneymage.net/6-reasons-to-quit-your-job/
12. https://monethalia.com/monthly-savings-report-may-2020/
13. https://cashflowcop.com/our-numbers-tax-year-2018-2019/
14. https://www.mouthymoney.co.uk/would-you-move-into-a-house-youd-never-seen-i-did-and-heres-what-i-learnt/
15. https://drfire.co.uk/stoicism-financial-independence/
16. https://hustleescape.com/delayed-gratification/
17. https://pathtolife2.com/2020/05/30/financial-independence-update-may-2020/
18. http://fiukmoney.co.uk/may-20-net-worth-and-monthly-update-21-555467-21028/
19. https://playingwithfire.uk/leasehold-property-explained/
20. https://the7circles.uk/market-timing/
21. https://moneygrower.co.uk/may-stock-purchase-corona-virus-rally/
22. http://thefirestarter.co.uk/priveleged-rule-breakers-dominic-cummings-and-luxury-car-drivers/
23. https://monevator.com/14-weeks-and-12-numbers-that-have-changed-the-investing-history-books-forever/
24. https://theescapeartist.me/2020/05/29/are-online-side-hustle-worth-it/
25. http://bankeronfire.com/the-illusion-of-passive-income
26. http://bankeronfire.com/the-future-is-tech-or-is-it
27. https://indeedably.com/changing-gears/
28. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-money-and-markets-in-one-visualization-2020/