Passport or travel document with a validity not less than 6 monthsVisa application form (filled out)One(1) recent 4x6cm. photograph of the applicantRound-trip air ticket or e-ticket (paid in full)Proof of financial means (20,000 baht per person/40,000 baht per family)Proof of Hotel or private accommodationAfter receiving your Thailand tourist visa and certificate of entry from the Thai Embassy or consulate, the traveler must prepare the following documents before traveling to Thailand:Certificate of Entry (COE)Valid visa in your passportDeclaration...
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
HEAT PUMP
v.gd/qryrtWSix things you'll only know if you have a heat pump As Boris Johnson encourages people to replace their gas boilers, new converts tell us what the low-carbon alternative actually involves By Luke Mintz and Yolanthe Fawehinmi 19 October 2021 • 8:37pm Richard Casson admits he was a little nervous when a mechanic arrived at his north London flat in May to replace his traditional gas boiler. He wasn’t coming to install...
Monday, 18 October 2021
NO MORE PATIENCE FOR THE EU
18 October 2021The EU is a dangerous and wayward power. It has no vision of
its future. It has no idea of the balance of power in the world. It
treats its enemies, like China and Russia as friends ; and it treats
its friends, the UK and the United States, as enemies. It shows no
respect to its peoples, instead it seeks to discipline them (the Greeks, the
Poles, the Hungarians.) It serves only German industry and French
vanity. It exists as a vortex of power, draining member states of their skilled and competent, becoming ever more self-centred...
Friday, 15 October 2021
AN INVESTING STRATEGY (work in progress ...)
14 October 2021Looking at the Cyclically Adjusted Price Earnings ratio (CAPE):Ie average on the FTSE 100 and 250Average over last 10 years. It is middle of the road territory on both:FTSE100 at 7,000 is CAPE in 14 to 20 rangeFTSE250 at 23,000 is CAPE in 19 to 28 rangeSo fair value on both - meaning you can expect the average return of 7%, divis reinvested. Now compare with the S&P500:It's up 1.71% today at 4,438.26.The CAPE...
Monday, 11 October 2021
YAYOI KUSAMA at THE TATE MODERN
15 October 2021
Does this art tell us something about the artist? About ourselves?
It was excellent but upon opening there was a strong mouldy stench of horse piss rhat sucked in the face and you'd think the wine was corked.
But actually, it just needed to be aired for half an hour ("chambrayed" - how do you say that ?). I could have...
Sunday, 10 October 2021
BRACE FOR INTEREST RATE RISES
10 October 2021Petrol - isnt this where fears of inflation started? There's all you
need to take your kids to school, we are told, it's in the country
somewhere, just not in the right places. So it's only haulage.Later,
we are told it is a multitude of small, short-term issues, of which
panic-buying fuel is but the latest, and once we're through we'll be in
global-Britain times enjoying our prosperity, power and independence to...
PRODUCTIVITY IN THE UK ECONOMY
10 October 2021At last week’s Conservative conference, the Prime Minister championed a high-wage, low-immigration economy
driven by high productivity, accusing firms of being drunk on cheap
labour from abroad. But unless
productivity is also there, it will simply lead to higher inflation and
require a more stringent response from the BoE.For
all the PM’s urging, growth in productivity, which allows the economy
to get more bang for...
Friday, 8 October 2021
"SPILLOVER" - EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AT WORK
8 October 2021The EU would be fine if it stuck to matters of ISO trade standards. The EEC was OK wasn't it?It
has well overstepped the mark with its claim to sovereignty over nation
states. If it could restrain itself to a trade body such as the IEEE
that would be fine.Instead, this creeping federalism, where it
bribes trade bodies into accepting its constitution by offering
subsidies, offering control through the ECJ, and in return...
Thursday, 7 October 2021
PAULA REGO at THE TATE BRITAIN
7 October 2021 *Paula Rego at Tate Britain
I have a ticket to see paintings by a Portuguese artist, Paula Rego, at Tate Britain on Friday.
*About
Rego is an artist who is fascinated with storytelling. She is especially interested in stories of women battling with their fears and desires.
She explores adults’ cruelty and children’s wildness and in her paintings, her stories tell of dangerous adventures.
She tries...
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
PORTFOLIO STRATEGY IN THE NEW ECONOMY
6 October 2021"Weather the expected downturn and wait for stability to return."Question about strategy in these times of crises and change and in particular, how to deal with inflation.We may be entering a very different economic environment. Just had an email from a reader who is a Royal Bank of Scotland pensioner on a company pension. He was surprised to learn that their annual increase whilst tied to inflation is capped...
