Lockdown Joys
Why we should be careful what we wish for. What I liked about the lockdown was the ability to better plan my day. Not that this was easy,...
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Christian Armbruester
May 18, 2020
Consumer To The Rescue
Why our spending habits are most important when it comes to the economic recovery. Imagine being in a battle a few hundred years ago. You...
Christian Armbruester
May 4, 2020
The Next Amazon
Why we must all dare to win, in times of adverse market conditions. Warren Buffett lost $50 billion in the latest stock market rout....
Christian Armbruester
Apr 27, 2020
Night of The Fox
Why tempting fate too many times is a dangerous game to play. It had become somewhat of a routine. Every night around 2am, we would be...
Christian Armbruester
Apr 20, 2020
Two Sides to Every Coin
Why is there such a large disconnect between stock market performance and the real economy? As we watch the global economy unravelling...
Christian Armbruester
Apr 14, 2020
76 Days Later
What will the world look like when we emerge from the lock down? For those of you who haven’t yet seen our favourite Peaky Blinder in the...
Christian Armbruester
Mar 23, 2020
This is The End
Why it is still better to be lucky than smart. As you purvey the current carnage in the financial markets, it’s difficult not to get...
Christian Armbruester
Mar 9, 2020
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Why the Coronavirus may be the best thing that ever happened. It really is difficult at the moment to talk about anything other than this...
Christian Armbruester
Mar 2, 2020
The Coronavirus Revisited
What to do when the markets are crashing. A few weeks ago, we looked at the concept of tail risk, as exemplified by the outbreak of the...
Christian Armbruester
Jan 6, 2020
The EU ex UK
What’s the view from the EU and the big deal about Brexit? One of my favourite lines from the cherished Lord of the Rings trilogy is...
tomtardif23
Apr 1, 2019
One Million Dollars
I am going to start a new political party in the UK. Here is my manifesto: I am going to give everyone that votes for me one million...
Christian Armbruester
Feb 4, 2019
Second Referendum
My mother always advised me never to discuss politics. Wise words, but it has simply become too hard to ignore the rather large elephant...
Christian Armbruester
Jan 7, 2019
Deutschland '81
Germany in the 1980s was a weird place and not just because of bad hair and shoulder pads, but more so with regards to the very real...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 29, 2018
Bridge of No Return
I remember my first summer in London. The year was 1996 and even though it was the wettest month on record at the time, all seemed...
Christian Armbruester
Oct 8, 2018
The Coming of Age
I read an article recently, which described how the financial crisis of 2008 mostly hurt the middle classes. It’s rather obvious really,...
Christian Armbruester
Aug 6, 2018
The Changing Geopolitical Map
Since the last world war, some 70 years ago, the US has been the undisputed superpower in the world. Blessed with a fully functioning...
Blu Family Office
Oct 30, 2017
Is Brexit a Tail Risk Event?
It has been more than a year since Britain voted to leave Europe and we are still trying to figure out what it all means. Countless...
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