New high

Today, the UK it is expected to hit an all time high, highest temperature ever recorded that is. Heathrow was already 30c at 9am this morning, the current record is 38.5C set in 2003. They are expecting some parts of South East England to hit 39C+ later today. Earlier I went for a walk round…

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Runways

It turns out airport runways tell us a lot more about the world than we realise, such as: They depict our wind patterns across the globe. Our run ways point in the same direction as the wind, because aircraft’s take off and land better from upwind. “Winds circulate around the globe, forming patterns of gigantic…

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Parity

The next UK prime minister is expected to be announced any minute. Analysts at Goldman Sachs think that if we head for a no deal Brexit the USD & GBP will hit parity. As you can see in the monthly chart above, we are not at new lows yet but looks like they are just…

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iPay

Doing my weekend chart review this chart really stood out. iPay is the ETF for mobile payments. The chart shows how we are transitioning away from physical payments using cash & credit cards to electronic and digital payments. The funds top 10 holdings are: I have been riding this trend in my pension via PayPal…

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Electric

All new homes in the UK will have to have an electric car charge point installed under new regulations. https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/107439/electric-car-charge-points-to-be-installed-in-every-new-home My next car will be electric, people I follow across the pond all seem to say the same thing, Tesla is light years ahead then anyone else in the electric car space.

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Metaxa Grande Fine

Its my Mums 70th today, whilst on holiday in Greece I saw this lovely bottle in one of the local shops. Being a brandy I thought it would make an ideal birthday present, she likes brandy & once its been drunk it will make a lovely ornament. Metaxa is Greece’s famous flagship brandy dating back…

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