market timing

How value signals (and relative value) work in the case of global equities

What does it tell us When Investors Hate Defensive Stocks?

No matter how experienced an investor you are, the decision of when to invest money can naturally provoke a feeling of uncertainty or apprehension. Are shares too...

The power of compounding

2022 began with global stock markets around record levels, leaving many investors primed to sell equities. However, timing the market is more likely to reduce your...

As the calendar flips over to December, attention naturally shifts to the year ahead. As you work your way through Christmas parties, presents, and an overdue...

Anyone who's been around markets for a while will have heard the adage that "it's not timing the market, but time in the market, implying that market timing is...

As 2020 nears an end, investors face a challenging combination of crosscurrents. On the positive side, the US election has passed with a market-friendly outcome and...

Surely few topics have had more column inches dedicated to them than discussions around predicting market peaks and troughs. This has become evident...

The most common question investors are asking me today is, “Is now the time to go to cash?” Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity. This is the reality equity...

For as long as there have been markets, there have been people looking for ways to gain an advantage. From scams and fraud in under-regulated markets before the...

Following the falls in equity markets globally across October and November, there’s been a marked increase in bearish commentary from fund manager, analysts, and...

Timing is everything. This fact of life is true with just about every decision we make. Many investors believe timing the market is everything. Selling out of equities...

While in Taiwan this week, meeting with executives of the technology/smartphone value chain, my hotel room shook with earthquake tremors. It struck me that nature has...