fair trade ethics?

When I buy coffee and tea to use at home, I make a point of always buying fairly traded brands. When I make teas and coffees at work, I always use the fair trade option rather than the Nescafe. I pride myself on these choices.

Yet when I go to a coffee house in town, I [...]

97th carnival of personal finance hosted by endless gibberish

The 97th carnival of personal finance is up at endless gibberish. Check out my personal favourite, the lazy man’s guide to budgeting.

an imaginary strategy

I wrote previously that I think that the best way to choose a pension is to decide on a strategy and work out the cheapest way to buy it. I’m going to have a go with my imaginary friend Clive. Clive has decided that his asset allocation strategy for his pension portfolio is as follows:

60% [...]