Most people think of a brokerage account as suitable only for the buying and selling of shares.
But they also make a good home for your idle cash. By the time this column appears in print, I hope to be settled in my new home in Balgowan. So far, this plan looks badly unglued. If it weren't for Jean's packing, we wouldn't have made it even this far. The All Share index is a far from perfect index, mainly because it is distorted by cross-holdings.