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The first Kiva default?

By Ross | 20 July, 2008

I have been a long-term lender on Kiva, an innovative microfinance portal that matches entrepreneurs and their projects in the developing world with charitable people (generally) in the more developed world. I like their model. In just over two years, I have funded almost 20 businesses across three continents. I have earnt no interest on [...]

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Investment advice

By Ross | 1 January, 2008

Three rules from John Kay, in the January edition of Prospect:

Pay less [primarily commissions, fees, etc.]
Diversify more [between asset classes and within them, remembering that indexes are not diverse]
Be contrarian

These may be my financial New Year’s resolutions.

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