Introduction

I have been looking for a blog that might fill a niche. My interests are finance and I am a guy who tends to analyse data. Initially I considered a personal investment blog, but to be honest the field seems to be heavily saturated. They are divided into two schools one of which recommends some level of active investing and passive investing. Active investing involves choosing shares, buying and selling based on research and strong data analysis. This suits my skill-set as an analyst and accountant. The problem is that I do not believe this will work. The alternative is Passive investing which posits that the market is probably smarter than any individual and the best thing to do is simply to have some sort of mechanical based rule to determine how you invest. The decisions are then around asset allocation, reducing expenses and minimising taxes. I would recommend that anyone who is interested in this pop along to Monevator.

The niche I have decided upon is property. It seems to me that property prices are(or were) a frequent source of discussion at dinner parties. Yet there does not seem to be a blog that dominates the field. So I am hoping to establish a blog that looks at property prices from a factual angle without indulging in overly wild speculation or political ranting.