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Post by adrianc on Oct 22, 2016 9:34:12 GMT
Hi adrianc,
Let me guess - you'll be a Guardian reader ?? You guess wrongly.
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Post by rxdav on Oct 22, 2016 9:44:39 GMT
Hi mrclondon,
I guess I should declare my hand - I too am a Moneyweek subscriber and occasionally take The Telegraph - the rest is an amalgam of online news from BBC, Reuters and similar (but not necessarily in that order - alphabetical or otherwise!).
adrianc - My apologies - I chose unwisely!!
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Post by shimself on Oct 22, 2016 10:48:14 GMT
Hi adrianc,
Let me guess - you'll be a Guardian reader ?? And before you ask the same question of me, I read any/all attempts at serious journalism be it in the (in alphabetical order) BBC, Financial Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Times, Wall Street Journal etc etc I also subscribe to Moneyweek, and have done so for 15 years. Funnily enough I just decided Moneyweek isn't serious journalism and cancelled my subscription.
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Post by shimself on Oct 22, 2016 10:49:12 GMT
Hi adrianc,
Let me guess - you'll be a Guardian reader ?? You guess wrongly. Let's have a poll on rxdav's favourite paper...
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Post by rxdav on Oct 22, 2016 10:51:54 GMT
Hi shimself,
Look two posts above yours - already declared!!
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Post by shimself on Oct 22, 2016 11:04:39 GMT
.....I also get the sense that retail investors are not a priority for FC. Am I surprised by this? Not very. They're a business and they will try to maximise profit however they can (with our without placing us retail investors on a pedastal). ![fcd]()
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Post by shimself on Oct 22, 2016 12:13:47 GMT
Hi shimself,
Look two posts above yours - already declared!! Damn sorry. Can't read
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Oct 22, 2016 13:06:39 GMT
Hi adrianc,
Let me guess - you'll be a Guardian reader ?? And before you ask the same question of me, I read any/all attempts at serious journalism be it in the (in alphabetical order) BBC, Financial Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Times, Wall Street Journal etc etc I also subscribe to Moneyweek, and have done so for 15 years. Which explains why you haven't got time to take him to the IPSO. 8>. These days I personally quit at the edge of the electronic world .. most of the printed stuff is 24+ hours behind reality.
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Post by mrclondon on Oct 22, 2016 17:25:58 GMT
I also subscribe to Moneyweek, and have done so for 15 years. Funnily enough I just decided Moneyweek isn't serious journalism and cancelled my subscription. Whilst the editorial direction is obviously biased (e.g. heavily pro brexit, pro closed end funds, pro passive funds) and you have to wonder whether they really understand the demographics of their readership, I find more than enough original comment and and analysis to justify the subscription. For example the interview with Sir Mervyn King shortly before the referendum helped clarify some of my strands of thought. And before you ask the same question of me, I read any/all attempts at serious journalism be it in the (in alphabetical order) BBC, Financial Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Times, Wall Street Journal etc etc I also subscribe to Moneyweek, and have done so for 15 years. Which explains why you haven't got time to take him to the IPSO. 8>. These days I personally quit at the edge of the electronic world .. most of the printed stuff is 24+ hours behind reality. I should have clarified that other than Moneyweek (and the occaisional Telgraph at airports for the free bottle of water) I read all reporting online, and yes, probably waste far too much time in the process.
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Post by shimself on Oct 23, 2016 9:47:40 GMT
Funnily enough I just decided Moneyweek isn't serious journalism and cancelled my subscription. Whilst the editorial direction is obviously biased (e.g. heavily pro brexit, pro closed end funds, pro passive funds) and you have to wonder whether they really understand the demographics of their readership, I find more than enough original comment and and analysis to justify the subscription. For example the interview with Sir Mervyn King shortly before the referendum helped clarify some of my strands of thought. What turned me was just that most retail investors lose money (me included, but not - so far- in p2x), they are singing siren songs.
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Post by ruralres66 on Oct 23, 2016 10:27:14 GMT
Whilst the editorial direction is obviously biased (e.g. heavily pro brexit, pro closed end funds, pro passive funds) and you have to wonder whether they really understand the demographics of their readership, I find more than enough original comment and and analysis to justify the subscription. For example the interview with Sir Mervyn King shortly before the referendum helped clarify some of my strands of thought. What turned me was just that most retail investors lose money (me included, but not - so far- in p2x), they are singing siren songs. Tweet and bleet!Make a contact........ Samir Desai @samirdesai01 CBE. Love sports, business & technology. CEO & Co-founder of Funding Circle. All views here are my own. London fundingcircle.com Joined February 2010 or make contact with Eric Daniels..... www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/09/09/funding-circle-calls-up-another-financial-crisis-veteran-as-form/
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Post by rxdav on Oct 23, 2016 11:29:38 GMT
Hi ruralres66,
Thanks for the information - appreciated. However, my jibe about 'Lord Lucan' was referring to Samir's absence from his own forum (when did he last comment on there?). I know FC is much bigger now, but I'm pretty sure he will peruse his forum to keep a finger on the pulse (and this one too likely) - but he no longer directly engages - he used to. Some may well say he's too busy these days - some might draw a darker conclusion?
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Post by blender on Oct 23, 2016 12:21:01 GMT
Samir no longer runs the UK business. He might read forums but is hardly going to post. On the FC forum the policy seems to be that only the forum staff post.
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Oct 23, 2016 14:32:01 GMT
They used to wheel out the CTO on occasion, and the folks in the property team still dodge bullets occasionally, but mostly they let the young ladies take the flack. Even when you get the CTO posting, you don't get any useful insights IMO (and frequently a bunch of promises which fail to materialise). Yeah, I'm still waiting for the API release (heck, only 3 years late now), and for financials to get put back in the loan book download, and ...
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Post by kt on Oct 23, 2016 16:32:20 GMT
If I remember correctly the CTO was ah, let go.
For the life of me I can not remember who replaced him.
KT
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