Remember these rules …. Warren Buffett famously said: Rule 1: Never Lose Money Rule 2: Never Forget Rule 1 This week, I was reminded of that by an investor who had just incurred a 100% loss. This was in a ‘FX bot’ trading scheme which advertised...
Two weeks ago, the market experienced a bout of turbulence (see chart below). Early August turbulence … Global equity ETF in 2024: up to 16th August It now seems like a non-event but the media and headlines were sensationalist, as you’d expect. That...
Sales don’t come around too often – unless of course you shop at DFS or Sports Direct! Stocks tend to gain value 70-80% of the time and decline for the rest. Overall, and on average, they return 8-12% pa. So stockmarket sales are always an opportunity to...
You might have noticed an election is imminent. The outcome looks pretty certain but the challenges for any party are the same. And the policy scope is severely limited by our public finances. All parties want to fix things but in reality there’s a massive...
Nvidia This week, Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company with a market cap of $3.1 trillion. It overtook both Microsoft and – remarkably – the combined value of all companies listed on the London Stock exchange! Nvidia shares have benefited...
