

Energy expert Q&A. While thermometers have been well into the red across the northern hemisphere, people are panicking about the cost of energy bills once winter starts to bite. According to the latest forecasts in the UK, the minimum price cap for households’...
Why are gas prices still high despite oil getting cheaper – and what will happen next?

This week our beloved Garrison Keillor goes in for heart surgery. We hear he is in good spirits and want him to know that we are all thinking of him.
Life comes in focus as the day approaches It’s odd how a man facing heart surgery hears from friends who seem to have more on their minds than they’re willing to say. “How are you?” they say and, “Thinking about you”, in a way that suggests maybe they asked me months...
This week our beloved Garrison Keillor goes in for heart surgery. We hear he is in good spirits and want him to know that we are all thinking of him.

UK dividend stocks portfolio 2022 half-year update
Welcome to a slightly delayed 2022 half-year review of the UK Dividend Stocks Portfolio. My original plan was to review the portfolio in July, but work (mostly a slew of interim results that needed analysing) got in the way, so here we are with a mid-year...
UK dividend stocks portfolio 2022 half-year update

Healthcare property under the microscope
In a sector where outdated practices are a matter of life or death, providers need to value their buildings in a way that recognises health technology. Originally published June 2021. If 2020 taught us one thing, it’s that global healthcare capacity is critically low...
Healthcare property under the microscope

Global real estate at a turning point
Real assets are not what they were. Just as those of us in the West were starting to get our lives back after the pandemic, Russia invaded Ukraine, provoking a dramatic and unified response from much of Europe and the USA. At the same time, China rolled out widespread...
Global real estate at a turning point