Which of these two do you trust?

Hi guys (and gals),
been a while since I posted over here but things have got pretty serious over the past few months or so, and I’ve been pretty much all hands to the pump looking after clients especially those who had shares in Banks like the RBS for example.
Anyhow, before I finish up tonight I [...]

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If the IMA is worried by investment markets should you be?

Hi everyone,
nothing about the joy of music today I’m afraid – maybe it’s a chill January wind that’s changed the atmosphere in my neck of the woods, but in a day when the IMA (Investment Management Association) say that the continued credit crunch is damaging investor trust causing folks to withdraw more money than was [...]

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Fife rocks! New music band manager overjoyed at Dundee response

Hi all,
at the risk of being a little biased, I’d like to blow my own trumpet here for a minute or two today. Of course it takes genius to be a real genius – Mozart, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Elvis etc all had the talent that really cut the mustard. Today though I’d like to [...]

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Happy Christmas video from Dunfermline’s Only Singing IFA!

Hi everyone,
thought I’d kick off the Christmas cheer by playing the fool a little and just go to prove that we Independent Financial Advisers are not as boring and fuddy duddy as some would like to make out. Hope this does it for you! Happy Christmas!

See you all in the New Year!

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Dunfermline Athletic – a Homage to the Pars

Hi everyone,
Figured you’re only really going to get to know me if you know my football.
Hence the potted history of a Fife boy to man and his football which follows below…
I went to my first Dunfermline Athletic match with my dad in 1972. It was against Dundee and we won 3-2. It was the beginning [...]

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Why bother with qualifications in Banking, the Rock didn’t!

If you’ve ever pondered just how it could happen – the first run on a British Bank since 1866 and the amazing Northern Rock debacle we’ve all witnessed over the past few months then there’s a clue lurking in the CV (or lack of it) of the Chief Executive, Adam Applegarth.

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More Gold than a man could wish for now in UK

Hi folks,
there’s gold in them thar hills! And now it seems it’s coming here in great wedges – no I’m not talking in finance or investing terms regarding the traditional safe house against a treacherous stock market; Gold, but one of the greatest treasures on earth and you can come too. However after you read [...]

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Scotland Land of Opportunity for Criminal Millionaires?

For goodness sake, yet more facts and figures guaranteed to set tongues wagging. This time it’s news which won’t have given Alex Salmond much inspiration to take on the ‘Irish Tiger’ entrepreneur label that Ireland bears with pride as he seeks to launch his own version of the ‘Scottish Lion’ to beat them. Only problem [...]

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World’s richest man stumbles

Whoa – hold on there a minute!  I really must be out of touch, seems that the idea of Bill Gates being the world’s richest man is well out of touch – he’s been overtaken by not only a Mexican Cellular tycoon Carlos Slim Helu ($62.2993 billion) but now by an Indian capitalist  Mukesh Ambani [...]

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Welcome from William George – Dunfermline, Scotland

Hi folks,
William George here just wanting to say hello and welcome you to my new blog.
Hopefully on a reasonably regular basis I’ll be commenting on all manner of topics from football to finance and all regions between. If you want more ’serious’ information about finance then my main website www.williamgeorgeifa.co.uk will probably help you more.
Otherwise, [...]

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