Investing

Retail investors cannot be adequately protected until the fundamental similarity between investing and gambling is recognised

Crypto, cults and image makeovers

There are two effects of high inflation. The first is one that we have in recent weeks and months become brutally aware of, namely its...

I remember with amusement a presentation some years ago by a technical analyst, a so-called chartist.

In my Last Word column in May this year I wrote about investment fund blow-ups, with a focus on the debacle of Allianz’s Structured Alpha...

Speculative bubbles – famous examples of which are tulips in the 17th century, the South Sea Company in the 18th, British railways in the...

Readers of this column will know I am an advocate for better protection of amateur investors. But what about the professionals who either...

How and when should you buy in and sell out of the stock market? My natural response to this age old question is to suggest that one...

Some thoughts on investment communication

There is a remarkably simple test for whether something has intrinsic value

There is no correct answer to this question - other than that before 1973, none of it! - as it is impossible to separate out effects of...

Understanding the basic science behind man-made climate change can give investors an edge. However, for the non-expert.

How can young people be helped to reach this epiphany sooner?

Inflation has been on the rise recently in the UK and around the world. Is this rise transitory, as central bankers are saying it is, or...

Closed-ended funds – investment trusts – are wonderful structures. So, too, are open-ended funds – OEICs, short for open-ended investment...

Cricket often produces riveting five-day games, but in early November the US delivered its own epic struggle. I refer of course to the...

Is the sustainable investing industry sustainable?

How does one value crypto's poster child?

In this post I set out a classification scheme for publicly available investment funds. It is hoped this can provide those readers who ...

I remember feeling extremely honoured when I was invited four years ago to write this column. It seemed to me to be a great opportunity.

In November, the UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). Considering this, and the recent extreme weather

‘Investing in the future, not the past’ is the theme for this month’s magazine and sounds eminently sensible. Obvious even. Surely it...

Statistical analysis reveals truth about data. Academic papers based on experimental data normally require a formal, statistical analysis...

Asia Pacific countries excluding Japan comprise 13% of the MSCI All Country World index. Given that they account for over 50% of the...