Commodity story gains pace

"We blew our life savings on plastic surgery," ran the headline in The Sun last week. I couldn't hel...

"We blew our life savings on plastic surgery," ran the headline in The Sun last week. I couldn't help notice it. But SHE was reading it as well. 9% and her roots. Yes, the woman from last week's column. I felt an urge to thurst a copy of our Retirement Planner magazine or Money Management into her hands to put her on the straight and narrow, but that would have bordered on stalking. Anyway, note to the advertising team on Investment Week: there's an opportunity for doing free hair-dying products with the mag. The day got weirder. After seeing her, I was accosted by a rather portly man...