Crypto: Here’s What I Think …. In case you missed it, Bitcoin has just been on a huge run. This month alone it broke $70k, then $80k, then $90k! This recent excitement was sparked by Trump’s election victory. He’s expected to...
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...
St James’s Place: A Lesson in Failure I recently did a podcast & video on how tracker funds consistently beat more expensive branded active funds – like that of St James’s Place (SJP) – links below. SJP sums up the failure of active funds...
Rate Cuts and Stocks … Yesterday was a historic day in the investment world. Jerome Powell, head of the US central bank, announced: “The time has come” … a moment investors around the world had waited a long time for. This was a clear signal...
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...
