Why travelling can teach you a lot about the markets. We were halfway to London when the captain gave an update from the flightdeck....

Why the trend is still your friend. US equities have been outperforming the European markets for the better part of four decades....

Why markets may not break but the song remains the same. The last two years essentially never happened. That’s what most European equity...

Why trading commodities could be the best thing you ever do. There is another world out there and it has been around a lot longer than...

Why the going is good, until it isn’t. Benjamin Franklin once said that it is better to go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt....

How to invest in a world that has gone parabolic. Apples don’t rise from the ground to reattach themselves to the tree, pigs can’t fly,...

Why thematic ETFs are the best thing since Venture Capital. We would all like to invest a little, to make very much. Think buying shares...

Why trading can lead to baldness. The concept of betting on prices falling is not really that complicated to understand, so long as you...

Why alternatives to equites and bonds are hard to find. Nothing beats the S&P 500 at a time when central banks have pumped trillions and...

Why it is not a question of if, but when, and what we are going to do about it. If something has gone up a lot, there is the possibility...

Why we could all do well to capture exponential growth. It is funny how we have come to define “emerging markets” when it comes to...

Why calculating the performance of our investments is as much art as it is science. Not surprisingly, buying a fund to manage our...

Why nobody knows where it goes when it comes to quantitative easing. The study of economics basically comes down to supply and demand....

Why there is a fine line between genius and insanity when it comes to rising prices. Few of us will remember what it was like when you...

Why the trend is not always your friend. If there is one thing that came out of COVID-19, it is that we got used to huge price swings in...

Why it is all about the football in the end. Clearly, we need to do everything possible to prevent the destruction of our environment. By...

Why equities are resisting temptation. The temperatures are starting to rise, Spring is in the air, and it is time for that question we...

Why there can be only one number to rule them all. There comes a point in every relationship when things are not so nice. Couples argue,...

Why we should all wish we were quants. The thing about advanced mathematics is that it can get very complicated. Once you add computer...

What are the big takeaways from a very strange year in the markets? It has been more than a year now that COVID-19 has taken over the...