Friday, 7th of June 2019 “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” – Theodore Roosevelt ________________________________________ As one trader said to another – “sell in May and go away”. In 2019 so far, the first half of this well-worn financial adage has proved to ...
Friday, 31st of May 2019 “The point is that you can’t be too greedy.” – Donald Trump ________________________________________ Another week, another ugly market. By the close on Thursday, the S&P 500 was down -1.3% for the week, and it fell again at the open on Friday morning. Ma...
Friday, 17th of May 2019 “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” – Ernest Benn ________________________________________ It has been a rollercoaster ride in markets this week. Last Frida...
Friday, 3rd of May 2019 “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” – F. A. Hayek ________________________________________ Equities fell this week after the Fed published a statement on Wednesday which ...
Friday, 22nd of March 2019 “Forecasts create the mirage that the future is knowable.” – Peter L. Bernstein ________________________________________ Equity markets have continued to rally this past week, buoyed by dovish Central Banks on both sides of the Atlantic and despite weaker Eu...
Friday, 22nd of March 2019 “We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” – Martin Luther King Jr. ________________________________________ Markets were on form again this week, as they pared back losses from a rare correction last week and despite all the doom and g...
Friday, 15th of February 2019 “When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War ________________________________________ Markets have returned to form this week, after a brief wobble at the end of last. The shine ha...
