Biography
Born Oxford, 1946. Educ : Dragon and Rugby. Articled : Cooper Brothers and Co.. 1969-1973
Crossword specialist, masquerading as accountant, in Zambia, whereat developed philosophical stance which judges the UK's current police state wholly obnoxious.
1975 to date, principal of Cawkwells, a small firm of accountants. Lifelong addiction to heavy gambling caused by greed and a perpetual fascination as to the link between words and numbers, compounded by contempt for the vast majority (who are illiterate and devoid of numeracy).
Married with two daughters, specialises in staying alive despite hatred of exercise and despite heavy brain-damage through alcohol.
Journalism : Columnist old Sunday Business ( a far more interesting paper than the present anodyne affair which is essentially a puff for the self-important) as Evil Knievil's Stock Situations. I will change my opinion of the paper if I again write for it. This is not hypocrisy on my part.
Book Recommendations
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Critical Praise. "In my interviews with over 30 of the best traders of our time, there were some questions that I raised in each conversation. One of ...
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The Great Crash, 1929
No account of the financial insanity of 1929 has been issued in a form at once so readable, so humorous and so carefully authenticated as this classic...
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