Nick Hubble

Presumably you are older now than you were in the 70s… Well, in today’s podcast, we explore what a return to inflation would mean – whether its effects on your life would differ to the last bout Britain went through….

This morning I discovered that there is no scientific evidence to support the two-metre distancing rule. Imagine my surprise. Those Germans wearing pool noodles on their heads at the café were idiots after all. But that’s not the flaw in…

About 16 years ago, I was hanging off a rock-climbing wall’s overhang, about 15 metres up in the air. And then my friend’s mobile phone fell out of my pocket… He’d given it to me for safe keeping, while he…

We bought a baby monitor. It’s the sort of thing you never thought you’d use, until you needed it. The aim of the game was to allow us to make noise after baby bedtime at 7:30pm. Which can be a…

What could be as controversial as President Donald Trump? That’s easy – 5G. And, apparently, our recommendation on how to profit from its rollout. My colleague Kit Winder over at UK Uncensored received some insightful feedback from a dedicated reader…

Do you remember when Japan was accused of stealing the West’s intellectual property, instead of developing its own? And then it was Taiwan. And then China. These nations grew rich on the back of Western R&D spending, which was then…

It’s like something out of Mary Poppins. Although she’s unlikely to approve of the idea… at first. Imagine if your rooftop, balcony or back-garden were truly special. A place where you only had to wish for something to appear, pay…

Dear Daughter of 2030, You were born on 24 January 2020. And today, on 8 June 2020, I’m going to describe the world you’ll live in, in ten years’ time. I hope you’ll read it then, on 8 June 2030….

Most people fail to think in terms of the first derivative, let alone the second. Today’s Exponential Investor is about the third derivative. What’s known as “jerk” in maths. But it’ll take a while to get to the jerk that…

Thanks for the feedback on the last two days’ worth of gold commentary. If you missed it, check out Monday’s detailed explanation of the extraordinary turmoil in the gold market. It’s received quite a response. Today, we get some context…