Here’s What I’m Doing (and Not Doing) …. Plus – Listen to our views on new podcast episode The recent market volatility from Trump’s nonsensical measures have, of course, been felt in my own portfolio. Stocks are still higher since the...
Balance Your Portfolio for Success … Investing only in the S&P500 means owning just one country and, effectively, just one large sector (technology). For most of 2025, I have encouraged having a more balanced portfolio. See here and here. That meant looking...
The Growing Risk of Not Being Global … When Chinese startup DeepSeek claimed to have built a ChatGPT-like app for only $6m it sent shockwaves through the US market. Until then, the market believed such Ai technology wasn’t possible without needing Nvidia...
How to beat the system … I wouldn’t say I’m an avid fan of reality TV but The Traitors was compelling viewing. Once I started drawing investment lessons from it there was no stopping! Series 3 just finished and it was a big hit for the BBC. ...
My final investment message for 2024 … It’s been another rewarding year in the financial markets. The chart below shows returns in 2024-to-date, by asset class. My own portfolio was diversified across these assets and returned a blended 26% this...
