What caught my eye this week. A year or so has passed since global stock markets began to recover, resuming their age-old tradition of making smart people look like idiots. Tech stocks rallied first, which was blamed on 20-something traders and lockdown mania. Later in the year, small cap stocks joined the party. Just more [...]
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The Covid-19 vaccination campaign underway in Israel is showing early signs of a way out of this nightmare for the world…
What caught my eye this week. The US may be about to see another surge in Covid-19 deaths. This is clearly tragic from a human perspective. We might also wonder what it will do to the market. I’ve been pretty relaxed about the UK’s de-lockdown. Daily cases have steadily fallen, contrary to – soon forgotten [...]
Popcorn sales have probably skyrocketed as investors gazed transfixed at the market mayhem of 2020…
The rules of diversification sometimes seem too simple to believe. Well, believe them now because some your favourite out-of-favour asset classes are saving the day now.
The coronavirus is causing havoc, but in the long-term it’ll probably be another blip…
A short statement on why we will continue to write about money and investing even as the death toll rises.
Note: This article on recession preparation has been updated in light of the COVID-19 virus pandemic. The coronavirus is upon the West. Stock markets are in free-fall. Almost all measures that can slow the virus down and save lives will hit economic activity. This challenge could persist until we see a vaccine or until as [...]
The flu that’s flailing away at your nest egg, plus the rest of the week’s good reads…