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Peter Elston
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
Gold Is Not What You Think It Is
The term “gold bug” has been popularised in recent decades as a reference to ardent fans of gold investment. The almost imperceptible...
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Peter Elston
- May 31, 2018
- 4 min
Cryptocurrencies: the Ultimate Bubble
Remember cryptocurrencies? Actually, that is a little unfair as they are still popular and thus still have much further to fall. Bitcoin...
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Peter Elston
- Nov 1, 2015
- 4 min
Why Gold is a Poor Investment and Doesn't Always Hold its Value
What role should gold play in a portfolio? Should it be considered an investment, a store of value (money), or as insurance? "Although...
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Peter Elston
- Nov 1, 2015
- 3 min
Captain Murphy's Diary
Murphy’s Law says that what can go wrong, will go wrong. It is thought to be named after Captain Ed Murphy, an aircraft engineer who,...
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Peter Elston
- Sep 30, 2015
- 6 min
Captain Murphy’s Diary
Murphy’s Law says that what can go wrong, will go wrong. It is thought to be named after Captain Ed Murphy, an aircraft engineer who,...
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Peter Elston
- Aug 1, 2015
- 3 min
Inflation Watch
My core belief about the first interest rate rises here in the UK but also across the pond is that they’ll happen much later than many...
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Peter Elston
- May 31, 2015
- 4 min
How Can the Fed Solve the Interest Rate Conundrum?
It is generally agreed that a little inflation (in the order of 2% per annum) is a good thing. Anything higher than this impedes private...
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Peter Elston
- May 1, 2015
- 4 min
The Big Picture
Looking back, the biggest events over the last 18 months have been the substantial falls in G7 bond yields and the oil price as well as...
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Peter Elston
- Oct 1, 2013
- 5 min
QE: an Addiction that is Proving Impossible to Break?
Austrian-born restaurateur Wolfgang Puck was an unusual but highly entertaining speaker at an investment conference I attended recently....
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Peter Elston
- Aug 31, 2011
- 2 min
Why I’m Not Investing in Chinese Banks
As creators of credit, banks are in a very privileged position. To create a loan, the equivalent of making a sale for other companies,...
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Peter Elston
- Nov 1, 2008
- 4 min
Is Cash Really King?
On October 17 Warren Buffett wrote in The New York Times that “equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade,...
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