About me

I used to teach maths, and I still like it when a hard thing turns out to be simple. When I started saving into an index fund, I could not find an explanation that did not either shout or hide behind long words. So I began writing my own, one letter a week.

I write in an old mill by the river, where I rent a desk, and I cycle there along the water in all weathers with a thermos. Each letter explains one idea, such as what is inside a fund or what the news means when it says everything fell, and tells you honestly what I do and why. I am not an adviser. I do not tell you what to buy, I do not promise a return and I do not guess what markets will do.

The one number I keep is what I put in each week, so my chart is dull on purpose. What I sell are the things I made for myself: a glossary, a tracker, cards and a workbook for writing your own plan down. I do not sell personal help. You read, practise and decide on your own.