Gosling's Grouse - It is so nice to get away from it all!

Just back from holiday - very nice, thanks for asking! But is it ever possible to turn off from this industry of ours?

I wandered into a pasty shop in deepest Cornwall on a rainy day, thinking I could treat myself to at least one full-fat Cornish Pasty and what do I come across? The shop’s owner, a New Zealand woman, reading a copy of Shares magazine, so we end up debating the merits of BlackRock or Martin Currie’s various commodity funds over individual mining or oil stocks. ‘Oh, but it’s just a bit of fun. I love seeing those mining stocks going up,’ she said. As the pasty was quite nice it seemed a bit mean to point out they go down as well. Perhaps I should have asked if she was qualified to give ...