Lawrence Gosling

Just when you think the world is getting back to normal a year after Lehman's and then Terry Wogan announces he is packing up his radio programme after 27 years.

Who would be an adviser? Not me for sure. It is much easier sitting writing this column watching the transfer news on Sky Sports. Whoever said blokes can't multi-task?

INVESTMENT WARNING: Get out of this Suckers' rally NOW!

"Sterling has strengthened overnight, Dad," my 10-year-old son told me randomly as he watched the breakfast news while we were on holiday, and then promptly told me what the sterling/dollar exchange rate was.

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

What is the difference between an investment trust and a gamble? ITs were an issue confronted by the dragons on Dragons' Den two weeks ago.

So as I said a couple of weeks ago I have just finished reading Peter Hargreaves' book In for a Penny about the rise and rise of Hargreaves Lansdown.

I have just finished reading Peter Hargreaves' book In for a Penny - more of that in a few weeks - but in it he refers to four types of investments.

You all know I'm a cynic - you don't have to have read this column for long to know that. So it was with a slightly cynical look on my face I went along to a small debate about multi-asset investing hosted by Barings.

This is strange time of year for me. In July 2005, when most people in the UK were concerned with the threat of terrorism as a result of the bombings, I was in hospital.