The world's oldest asset

Episode notes This week Allan shares a couple of thoughts on the budget, but mainly focusses on the subject of land and property. Allan's thought for the week Don't be swayed by a good story. Book of the week This week's book is The Land Trap: The new history of the world's oldest asset by Mike Bird It's a fascinating account of the role land has played, and continues to play in our economies and our financial systems. Article of the week For something a bit more practical, this week's article recommendation is a feature from the Investors Chronicle, published on 3 November 2025, that explains how investors can gain access to the residential rental market without becoming a buy-to-let-landlord and having to cope with all that entails. Fed-up landlords can play the rental market another way Podcast of the week This week's episode recommendationcomes from City AM's Boardroom Uncovered podcast. It is an interview with Nick Bolton, the current CEO of the Ordinance Survey company. You can find it on Apple Podcasts here ors search for it on your podcast player of choice. Support the show If you want to support the podcast you can: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or your platform of choice Buy me a coffee Help us both by trying out one of my discount codes: Host your podcast with PineCast using my referral code r-b2ac67 Keep in touch Email the show Visit the website over at smallinvestortoolbox.com Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky Music and sound effects Bossa Antigua Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sound effects from https://quicksounds.com This podcast is powered by Pinecast.