Reading an article about the annual Consumer Electronics Show CES which takes place every January in Las Vegas, well, online this year, I got intrigued by the number of smart items which have invaded our daily lives. There are smart phones, smart cars, and even things such as smart dog flaps and smart toilets. No, […]
Bitcoin – one year on (from my last post)
You probably won’t remember my post about Bitcoin on 8 January 2020. I concluded with the statement made by John McAfee (yes, the John McAfee of the famous antivirus software) in 2017 that by the end of the year 2020 one Bitcoin would be worth 1 million Dollars. Well, it hasn’t happened and I am […]
Brexit: Not such a good deal after all
A Brexit deal was clinched at the last minute, but it turns out now that it is not all it was meant to be. And while prime minister Boris Johnson was congratulating himself and his government for this outstanding achievement (I am being sarcastic here!), he forgot to tell us about some of the minor […]
ESG investing is not all it’s made out to be – yet
ESG funds have done extremely well recently with, according to bloomberg.com, experiencing capital inflows of $45.7 billion in the first quarter of 2020 alone. Environmental, social, and governance investments clearly are all the rage these days, many of them having outperformed their traditional counterparts in recent years. Many ESG funds invest heavily in technology, but […]
The shackled democracy
It is amazing how things on the COVID-19 have changed.we all got used to social distancing and wearing face masks, meeting only in small groups add working from home. But some of the more recent restrictions imposed by western European governments could be quite worrying, weren’t it for the necessity of preventing do virus from […]
A special day every day
It is amazing, isn’t it how many special days we celebrate each year. Now you might wonder whether many of these special occasions have been created especially for marketing purposes and to enrich one trade or another, such as for example the florists. But far from it. These days, or ‘observances’ as they are officially […]
The forgotten seafarers
Since the start of the pandemic millions of people around the world have lost their jobs and thousands of companies have closed their doors forever with the fate of many more hanging in the balance once the government rescue schemes expire or are withdrawn. Staff being made redundant are sent home and can benefit from […]
The demise of the British high street
Since the beginning of 2020 I have written several blogs on the sorry state of British retail and the High Street. just just now things got even worse. Much worse. On November 30, the Arcadia Group, the retail empire run by Sir Philip Green, went into administration, followed a day later by an announcement by […]
The problem with money in sports
For once it isn’t a case of there not being enough of it, to the contrary, it’s rather the opposite – and it corrupts club officials’ minds and clouds their judgment. Two examples from earlier this year in the U.K. show once again the nefarious impact money can have on sports: in the rugby league […]
The grumpy older man 