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Wealth is ephemeral if risk management is ignored. Focussing on risk management is about treating investing as a marathon, not a sprint

2022 saw some wild stories in the mass unwinding of crypto asset valuations, but what lessons can we take to other asset classes?

This is an edited extract of a report that went to clients earlier this week. All I hear about is how tough a year 2022 has been. I guess that all depends on how you...

History never repeats but it often rhymes. Markets are rallying at the moment but there is pain to come. The data suggests March 2023 could be a turning point for...

Key Points: ‍• Whether the market has troughed or will make new lows depends on whether the Fed is able to achieve a moderation in inflation without too much...

Conditional Seasonality Analysis: You’ve probably heard some of the old chestnut market seasonality wisdoms and sayings, for instance: the Santa Claus or year-end...

For all the panic that we have witnessed this year, the S&P/ASX 200 has only fallen 12%. Yes, it's been bad - but it's not a bear market.  And while professional...

It came to me just yesterday that I ask far too many questions - an attribute that is consistently lauded in journalism but often lands me in hot water.  Sometimes,...

It may have been former US President Gerald Ford who once remarked "our long national nightmare is over", but bond traders are finding all too quickly their...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpicked from around the web and from Twitter posts. The purpose of this wire is to add extra...

In this wire, I’m going to argue that you should more or less ignore the earnings reports that are currently hitting the ASX. As you know, reports are coming in for...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpicked from around the web and from Twitter posts. The purpose of this wire is to add extra...

Cycles are part of life. Whether it be the cycle of day and night, seasons, tides, weather cycles from the almost weekly cycles of cold fronts that regularly blow...

This past week has seen Wall Street flooded with earnings releases as the July reporting season hits full flow. A good earnings season with plenty of positive...

Since bottoming on 20 June, the ASX200 has rallied around 6%. The S&P500 is up around 10% and the NASDAQ100 is more than 12.5% above its lows. With US reporting...

Disruptive innovation was a recipe for meteoric growth in the last market cycle, with rockstar investor Cathie Wood synonymous with this form of investing. But all...

Reading equity markets research and strategy reports from around the world, two trends have clearly emerged in recent weeks: a growing acceptance/belief the US...

If there’s one investing axiom to hang your hat on, it’s this: the lower the price you pay, the better your returns over the longer term. With the price-to-earnings...

In this article, we will examine the causes of recent volatility and a forward-looking scenario that could see investor sentiment improve. First off, here’s some...

In my last wire two weeks ago, I argued that inflation was a rear-view mirror story. Since then, you’ve seen further data on the macro front that that is indeed...