Asking the Right Questions
My American adventure: back in the investment world
Hola mis amigos, Guatemala has me now. Once de la noche en Irlanda. Cinco de la tarde en Guatemala. Friday evening here in Xela, the heavens have opened up, so no better time to pen a few notes on what has been going on…
My American adventure: new ways of immersion
Hola mis amigos, la vida es buena aquí en Guatemala. I’ve been living in Xela for just over two months now. My Spanish is improving every day and I’m finding new ways of becoming immersed in the city. I have tried to make a…
My American adventure: at home in Guatemala
Hola mis amigos I am now living in Guatemala. Yes, Quetzaltenango (more commonly called Xela after its original Mayan name), Guatemala’s second largest city, is where I am calling home for a while. I have rented an apartment here with amazing views of the…
My American adventure: Toronto and Mexico City
Hola mis amigos. As I write this I am on my flight out of Mexico City to Tapachula, a town in Chiapas in the South of Mexico and on the border of Guatemala. I spend two nights there before I make my way across…
Leaving on a jet plane….
Every great adventure begins with a goodbye. So it is that I face a series of goodbyes over the next 10 days or so before I embark on my next great adventure, travelling across Central & South America. Later this week I say goodbye…
What a wonderful world…Spicer, Trump and Cheerleaders
There were two press moments last week that summed up the craziness of the world we live in right now, both as you would expect coming from the United States.
Ronnie Moran: the last of the boot room boys
Bill Shankly is famous for saying that “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that”. Well one man that gave his life to Liverpool Football Club is Ronnie Moran, who sadly passed…
Warren Buffett’s recommendation: choose passive
Warren Buffett shares his recommendation to investors In the world of investment management one of the most revered active investment managers is Warren Buffett. Known as the “Oracle of Omaha”, Buffett has delivered considerable returns for his Berkshire Hathaway shareholders over the last 52…
Short-termism, love and acting with class
Last week, the football world provided us with yet another example of short-termism. Claudio Ranieri was sacked as manager of Leicester City, less than a year after winning the Premier League. Of course, no manager is safe these days but Ranieri achieved the impossible…
Reflecting on the role of an adviser
The role of an adviser is not simply to provide answers; it is about helping clients ask the right questions. This has always been my core philosophy for how I approach my advisory relationships. I have been working in an advisory role since 2005, starting in…
