Under the counter

If I only couldWith derivatives week well and truly behind us now it's time to settle down for my favourite part of the year - silly season. As everyone starts going away on holiday and the news flow slows to a lethargic trickle I find myself with more time free to while away my afternoons working on my contacts list in the Marquis of Granby or even just wandering the streets with my dog Graham. While indulging in these more sedate pastimes I often find myself able to ponder some of life's more fundamental questions: why am I here, say, or what is the point of it all? And, even more importantly, what's going to win the 3.30 at Kempton? Anyway, it seems that I am not the only one who has been pondering these kind of issues recently, as I read of several billionaires deciding to give all their...