And it could have been much more .. One of my Investment Academy graduates just shared with me a fascinating story about somebody’s investment portfolio (story linked below). It was about Samantha who had started investing a regular £25 per month. Now, almost...
Plus: something that blew my mind this week … Stocks have been running strong for a while; this structural bull market started in 2009. Interspersed by shorter bear markets in between (2018, 2022) – all of which subsequently recovered with fresh new highs....
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...
