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What is Monte Carlo Simulation? Monte Carlo simulation is a statistical technique that uses random sampling to model possible outcomes of a complex system. It is named...

When conducting strategy research and development, we like to think in terms of what the new strategy will add to our current portfolio of systems. In general, we are...

Market downturns are painful to go through and are an unavoidable part of investing.  The way you handle periods when your investment portfolio is declining, can...

After the most recent FOMC meeting, we have seen numerous changes to forward probabilities within the fixed income market. This article aims to provide investors...

I'm no football fan, but even I'm familiar with the phrase "a game of two halves". In the first half of the year, the assets pumped by low rates and lingering...

Jim, like many of our readers, spends his days investing and thinking about markets. But unlike many, he does it aboard a boat.  Jim and his wife, Adriana, have been...

Markets had a hissy fit this week as news of the latest COVID variant, Omicron, hit the stands. But is Omicron actually worthy of investors attention? We spoke...

As society was exhaling from the post-war world of 1946, Arthur Lefford from New York University’s Department of Psychology took particular interest in people’s...

Surging markets in the wake of COVID-19 have attracted a new generation of first-time investors. But rather than invest using time-honoured principles, many are...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a decent investor in possession of a good sense of opportunity is in want of one great stock pick. Well, maybe not. But we...

In a recent webinar hosted by Grosvenor Capital Management for the Right Issue Offer in the Pengana Private Equity Trust, the team provided insight into why (and how)...

Stock markets have dislocated from fundamentals. The economic fundamentals are almost as bad as they have ever been. Stock market valuations are almost as expensive as...

In case you were wondering whether to sell all those boring defensive highly indebted infrastructure, utility and REIT stocks, look at these charts of the US,...

Financial markets can be subject to periods of event-related volatility during which investor confidence can be significantly undermined. Here, we provide 10 key...

The recovery in global stock markets has turned into one of the strongest bull markets on record, eclipsed only by the 1990s bubble in technology, media and telecoms....

In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the traditional method of lowering interest rates failed to promote meaningful growth or inflation. This...

China’s central bank balance sheet is the biggest central bank balance sheet in the global economy, and has been for several years. That reflects China’s two bouts of...