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Bernard Jones

Retired civil servant Bernard Jones isn't the world's greatest investor. He's living proof that the best way to make a small fortune in shares is to start with a large one - which is exactly what his senile mother Dot is sitting on. But getting his hands on it is easier said than done, as these extracts from his investment diary show. You can buy the full diary here

Recent articles

Gone-to-the-Wall St

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones sees capitalist icons topple

10 October 2008

Perfect Peter warns

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones gets enmeshed in capital gains

01 October 2008

Capital gain

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones gets plugged in to tax work

23 September 2008

Investor lock-out

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones gets stuck in bad weather

19 September 2008

Insider trading

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones gets stuck vacuuming

12 September 2008

Russell wriggling

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones gets stuck vacuuming

05 September 2008

Equitable treatment

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones wants to kiss Ann Abraham

29 August 2008

Consumer rights

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones finds nature abhors a vacuum

22 August 2008

Persimmon pursued

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones gets his bargain choice

15 August 2008

Channel surfing

COLUMNIST: In this week's extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones is hoping for a market bounce

08 August 2008

Your opinion

How safe is my money (1)

READER QUESTIONS: Are Isas covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme?

  • 13 May 2008
  • Written by:
    Moira O'Neill

How safe is my money (2)

READER QUESTIONS: If money is held in an offshore account, does it have the same protection as it would onshore?

  • 13 May 2008
  • Written by:
    IC reader questions

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