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2011

It’s a torrid time for stock markets, but why would anyone sane prefer to buy government bonds at historically tiny yields?

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How Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) and tracker certificates expose passive investors to risks they don’t need to take.

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I’m finally worried by the sovereign debt fears that have stalked the world for three years, but my concern is in the small print.

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They said they hoped they’d die before they got old – but they didn’t, and here’s the graph to prove it. Plus the week’s good reads.

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