Quentin Fottrell

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." —Friedrich Nietzsche ❤️

Finally, a new landing page for our original series "Perversion of Justice." miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

Why $4 gas prices feel a lot worse this time around. The Moneyist: 'Energy prices serve as a barometer for our anxieties.' trib.al/dTPFHEs

@margiclarke1 Wow!!!

My grandmother Anne Jane McCumiskey 1920's

@finn_mcredmond Boo-ya, NYT!

NYT asks if Chat GPT makes a good sommelier, luckily if you have a New Statesman subscription you would have a head start on the answer

@conmccashin Happy Heavely Birthday to Nancy! I will say her name out loud today. 🤍

My sister would have been 72 tomorrow…she put the “UP” in Down syndrome…

'I have taken care of my disabled brother my entire life. I’m now retired. Going to a matinee feels like a vacation. Am I doing enough?' The Moneyist: 'If you are your brother’s keeper, he is your keeper too.' trib.al/BxgAGcN

'My grandpa retired at 70 with $750K after working as a missionary. He finds low-effort ways to make money' The Moneyist gives two thumbs up to this thrifty retiree: 'Americans spend almost as much on dining out every year as they owe in student debt.' trib.al/QN9nEf8

'My ex-wife took out a $100K Parent PLUS loan for our son. Am I morally or legally obliged to pay it off?' The Moneyist: 'This sounds like a financial version of “FOG,” an acronym coined by psychologist Dr. Susan Forward — fear, obligation and guilt.' trib.al/swpHC13

Every time bitcoin crashes, I think about those people who have borrowed against it: marketwatch.com/story/my-retir…

Here are the most popular Moneyist columns of 2025 Bad executors, greedy friends, inheritances, elder abuse and qualifying for Medicaid featured as the most-read Moneyist columns of the year, writes Quentin Fottrell trib.al/GkqK6Kf @quantanamo

Opinion: Trump says affordability is a ‘hoax,’ but consumers should expect more pain in 2026 The Moneyist: 'It’s been a year of conflicting signals and economic puzzles.' trib.al/1K9NW1k

@AlisonMoyet I just rewatched “Notes on a Scandal.” Chilling!

Judi Dench. My mum’s favourite. Whilst she is still in this world so is my mother.

@conmccashin 5. The two people who created him gifted him with good genetics.

‘My retirement is completely in bitcoin. I also borrow against bitcoin. Why don’t more people do what I do?' The Moneyist: 'Bitcoin is perhaps especially attractive to people who feel they have gotten started late in the day. Hunger is a great sauce.' trib.al/027BCR8

‘He lives paycheck to paycheck’: My husband pays his bills late and sits at home playing on his computer. How do I fix it? The Moneyist: 'The risk is that you also become his parent, financial manager, accountability coach, bookkeeper and therapist.' trib.al/NIL1BmU

America is divided into Trump’s pro-billionaires and Mamdani’s anti-billionaires The Moneyist: 'The pharaohs of ancient Egypt built pyramids in the Valley of Kings. The 21st century Silicon Valley billionaires built vast echo chambers.' trib.al/Npl2eoB

‘I fear a significant decline in the S&P 500’: Do I sell my tech stocks before it’s too late? The Moneyist: 'Focusing on an event that may (or may not) happen will distort your perspective and merely create fear.' trib.al/FEjxALZ

My son’s credit-card company will write off $10K on a $25K debt. Should he accept or declare bankruptcy? The Moneyist: "Credit-card companies are not ATM machines." trib.al/PvRk2iz

Why do so many economists fear a 1929-style crash? The Moneyist: “An apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.” @quantanamo trib.al/WYte7qQ

‘My family is having a crisis’: My mom added my brother to her mortgage. He stopped paying. How does she get him off it? trib.al/tWboER3