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April 2023 – Strikes & job offers

As I near the end of my training I’m planning for the future, and I’m no longer sure it’s in the NHS. The summer of worker discontent continues. Unite, a mixture of healthcare staff, are setting more...

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Quarterly Returns – Q1 2023

Quarterly return posts supplement my monthly Financial Dashboard, covering investments in detail and looking at my yearly targets. Here I track purchases and sales, document progress against my...

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The Financial Dashboard – May 2023

Bit of a mish-mash this month. I’ve been fairly unwell and not tracked as much as I would have liked, or had the time or space to consider things. In terms of news articles or themes that caught my...

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June 2023 – More mucking about with mining

My investment plan states that I aim to hold 80% (in theory) passive trackers. Most of that is Vanguard ex-UK. It holds a lot of US stock, and a lot of that is tech. I quite like tech, and the idea of...

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July 2023 – Trust and awareness part I

Life has been tumultuous lately, hence the lack of posts. The usual NHS changing of the guard as all us non-consultants rotate through our next posts. Clinical demand in the new job is proving...

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August 2023 – Trust and awareness part II

Continuing the theme on what we’re away of and what we see, I saw a twitter thread that really made me think recently. It’s a bit crackpot conspiracy theory, but it got me going: One of Britain's...

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Quarterly Returns – Q2 2023

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September 2023 – Beyond the Chinese property bubble

This is probably another frequency illusion, but for the last month or so I’ve kept seeing bits and pieces about (a) the Chinese property bubble (maybe it’s over?!) and (b) belt and road initiatives....

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Quarterly Returns – Q3 2023

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October 2023 – Another mining post

Okay, so there’s been more happening with the mining companies I watch/ invest in, and because this is as much a scrapbook of what I’m following I’m going to post about it, but rest assured next month...

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