We are wealthier, healthier, happier, kinder, cleaner, more peaceful, more equal and longer-lived than any previous generation. Cheer up!

MONEYWEEK WEALTH SUMMIT – Friday the 7th of November – 20% OFF TICKETS! Good afternoon. If you have followed me for some time you may know that I'm a big fan of MoneyWeek magazine. For some years now they have been hosting their annual Wealth Summit event in central London.

Poland’s economy is rocketing ahead while the UK is floundering. The top rate of income tax in Poland is 32% while the UK is 45%. The corporation tax is 9% on small business and 19% on bigger businesses. While the UK is taxing businesses 19-25%. Higher taxes kill economies

The gap between when the average Brit wants to retire and the year they realistically can financially is widening. Getting to grips with your finances is a key step in increasing your chances of retiring earlier, and comfortably @andyroocraig https://t.co/erN9CXqnst

THE WHOLE POINT OF INVESTMENT: Good morning. I was more than a little honoured to be interviewed by the excellent Lámidé Elizabeth on her extremely popular and well-followed “Building Wealth Without Borders” channel a few weeks ago, and that interview was published yesterday.

STOCK MARKET CRASH COMING? AND…? Good afternoon. Delighted to share the latest video from our YouTube channel. There is a great deal in the mainstream press and all over social media at the moment suggesting that the stock market is in a bubble – and that the current AI and tech

“MONEY IS A LONG FORM THING…” Good morning. I had someone get in touch with me recently to say that I needed to stop saying that people might be able to become wealthy "over a lifetime" in my videos and interviews, and that I needed to "give people solutions on shorter

More thoughtless government ineptitude when it comes to managing finances.

The only chart that matters is this one. There's lots of unnecessary burdens on London issuers but if you fix the problem described in this chart, everything will fix itself.

MILLIONAIRE ON A £36K SALARY? DEBUNKING THE DOUBTERS… Good afternoon. A couple of weeks ago, I showed how it is possible for someone on a median British salary of around £36,000 to build a large six- or even seven-figure investment pot over a lifetime of getting investment

Starmer's new chief economic adviser Minouche Shafik wants all of us to pay more tax, but for half of her career paid no tax herself. A Telegraph investigation has found that for 17 years, when she worked at the World Bank & the International Monetary Fund (IMF), her employer

Sweden’s Government has announced tax cuts of some £6 billion to spur growth. The tax cuts for workers, pensioners & families will mean the typical Swedish family will be £140 better off each month & are expected to boost growth to 3.1% in 2026 Labour should follow the example

More good news from the biotech sector:

Economic self-harm in action: Total revenues from North Sea oil and gas fell to £4.5 billion in 2024-25, down from £6.1 billion the year before – a drop of £1.6 billion, or 27%.  As a result the much-touted windfall tax introduced in 2022 to raise additional revenue, extended by

WHY ARE BRITS NO WEALTHIER THAN THEY WERE 30 YEARS AGO… …WHEN PEOPLE IN SO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE?! Good afternoon. I was honoured to do my fourth interview with the excellent Colin Campbell of Cambro conversations recently and it was published this morning. As ever, we had

UK food prices increased by 37% in the last five years. The basic core essentials of energy, water and food are now becoming unaffordable for millions of people in the UK. And this is compounded by the highest ever tax burden. We are being absolutely fleeced.

UK gas prices close to 1 year lows, yet the energy price cap is going up next month.

Now the actual inventor of the Laffer Curve is telling Rachel Reeves about the Laffer Curve.

Here’s the story on tax

The wealth share of the UK's richest has been trending down since 1900 and hit a nadir under Thatcher. Why? Because popular capitalism (homebuying, private pensions, share ownership etc) levelled up by increasing the wealth of everyone else. That's the remedy to inequality.

Thanks so much for the repost!