What Does 2023 Hold for Investors?
I know it is now late January, but a quick discussion of what may be ahead for investors this year seems worth a few lines. It is fair to...
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- 4 days ago
- 4 min
An Old French Librarian and his Effect on Modern Life
It is fair to say that, for most of us, the last year or so has been a time of tightening financial belts due to rising inflation,...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 5 min
The Fall of FTX
FTX’s sudden and catastrophic collapse sent shudders through the entire cryptocurrency industry. What was, at one point, the...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
The Threat of QR Code Scams
The adoption and use of QR codes has grown massively in the last 5 years. Three factors have contributed to this;- the increase in global...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
Lessons from the FIFA World Cup 2022
We are now down to the last eight teams standing in the 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup. World Cup matches are often unpredictable,...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Stock Market Bottoms - Part 2: How Long Does it Take For Stocks to Bottom in a Bear Market?
Following on from What Signals a Stock Market Bottom? It is reassuring to know bear markets do come to an end even if you don’t know when...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Stock Market Bottoms - Part 1: What Signals a Stock Market Bottom?
There are very few times in life when a bell rings to confirm you have just reached the top of anything (or the bottom, for that matter)....
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
All Aboard the Gravy Train
In a previous newsletter I discussed ‘Tulip Mania’, which is generally considered the world’s first economic bubble, and possibly also...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
Nothing in Life is Free
Robinhood, the ultra-popular online trading platform, has helped usher in a new era of commission-free trading. It has also pushed...
- Jul 12, 2022
- 4 min
Do You Know Your Onions?
Corn, soybeans, onions - Pick the odd one out. Due to the fairly big clue in the headline, hopefully you said the odd one out is onions....
- Jul 12, 2022
- 6 min
Thailand’s New Cannabis Rules
For those readers resident in Asia, and particularly Thailand, recent Thai legislation could be important. Just over a month ago, on 9th...
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
Another Scam Warning: Phishing Emails Using PayPal - Four Tell-Tale Phrases
A SCAM email appearing to be from PayPal is doing the rounds once again, with the usual dodgy links. Many people use PayPal and are very...
- May 23, 2022
- 5 min
Improve your Retirement - Drink More Beer!
Using the proceeds of a retirement plan to buy a lifetime annuity is a way of providing yourself with a guaranteed income for life....
- May 23, 2022
- 4 min
Why Inverse ETFs are not for Everyone
With the ongoing global concerns about inflation, higher interest rates, commodity prices and falling stock markets, the last few months...
- Apr 19, 2022
- 6 min
Investing in Times of War
With the ongoing situation in Ukraine, (now in its 53rd day, as I write) many of my clients have continued to ask what it means for their...
- Apr 19, 2022
- 5 min
Has Your Inheritance Gone for a Burton?
Non-Domicile status has hit the news in the UK and around the world, recently due to Akshata Murty, the wife of UK Chancellor of the...
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
The War in Ukraine, Commodity Prices and Inflation - What do Investors Do?
At the time of writing, the brutal and tragic invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russian military has now continued for close to four weeks....
- Mar 22, 2022
- 3 min
Are You on Track for a Comfortable Retirement?
A comfortable retirement is the end goal for most of us, as we build up our pensions. However, it can be hard to know how much you will...
- Mar 21, 2022
- 5 min
‘The Times They Are A-Changin’
As Bob Dylan Enters the Non-Fungible Token Market (NFT), Should You Buy NFTs? At the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island in July 1965,...
- Feb 23, 2022
- 3 min
Beijing Supports Property Developers - How Much Will Buyers Lose?
The Chinese government has, in the last week or so, announced changes to escrow account rules, essentially giving real estate developers...
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