You are here:

No Free Lunch

"There's no such thing as a free lunch". For more than ten years, this column has highlighted the best and worst of investment, from unsung heroes to ghastly villains. Its author is former fund manager and award-winning business writer Alistair Blair.


Recent articles

Leopard that changed its spots

COMMENT: G4S has gone from pedestrian to promising

16 March 2010

By remote control

COMMENT: Guy Hands is running a €10bn business remotely from a tax haven. No wonder it's in trouble

03 March 2010

Virtues of patience at Devro

COMMENT: There is much to like about sausage-skin maker Devro

24 February 2010

Norwegian wood and trees

COMMENT: The country's sovereign wealth fund is the second biggest in the world. How should it be run?

17 February 2010

Power to the private investor

COMMENT: UKSA's new manifesto is essential reading for all policymakers

03 February 2010

Churchillian arrival

COMMENT: The ideal and actuality of personal accounts

27 January 2010

Pie in the sky

COMMENT: BA is losing £50m a month

20 January 2010

The answer is personal liability

COMMENT: A simple and cheap proposal to improve bank governance

13 January 2010

Another word on bonuses

COMMENT: Does the government dare to take on too-big-to-fail banks?

22 December 2009

More festive reading

COMMENT: Four books to complete your Christmas wishlist

16 December 2009

Your opinion

QE - was it worth it?

THE BIG QUESTION: £200bn later, are we any better off? John Redwood and Hetal Mehta debate

  • 9 February 2010
  • Written by:
    Jonathan Eley

Is UK borrowing out of control?

THE BIG QUESTION: Greece is on the ropes. Spain could be next. And debate is raging about whether the UK faces a currency crisis and a rating downgrade

  • 2 February 2010
  • Written by:
    Jonas Crosland

IC Bookstore

Order classic investment and trading books at discount prices

Browse IC's bookshop