I still recall 20 years ago a numpty emailed my editor at the Financial Times that my CV was too good to be true; as I took the call before dinner as a Fellow of an Oxford College

The worry is inflation is coming. No wonder with the amount of money injected into the system to keep us all drugged up and merry and happy in the middle of crunch.

I’ve been giving free education to people on investing since about 1999. Whether it’s my Financial Times column, or my books (£25 is nearly free!) or my Bloomberg TV show or my talks, and now webinars

Lockdown, dear Chancellor, is making more online shopkeepers than ever before

Some resolutions for you at this difficult time

I’ve been speaking to a lot of people in their 40s to 60s and over this week concerned about their pensions

Did you know if you have £10,000, and it compounds through investments at 20% (the rolling best 20 years in the US markets product 17% pa) and you add £500 per month, then in 15 years (time flies), you will have over half a million pounds?

The savers and investors are the people who can afford their own pensions

As people email me about their pensions and their investments and their concerns, I am reminded of my time at Bloomberg TV

I’ve launched a free investing course to educate people about investing – www.investing-champions.com