Using Horse-Racing To Explain The Expected Investment Returns
11.06.21
When you invest money you expect to make a profit, otherwise what’s the point of taking risk with your money? A common question I get asked is what return might…
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Using Horse-Racing To Explain The Expected Investment Returns
11.06.21
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Will Inflation Increase?
02.06.21
Talk to anyone of a certain age and they will remember with a chill down their spines the inflation and high mortgage interest rates of the 1970s. When you bear…
Gold Should Be for Decoration Not Speculation
01.04.21
Our obsession with gold has been around since it was first discovered thousands of years ago. Initially, it was used to make decorative objectives or for religious purposes, reportedly first…
Bungee Jumping & The Perception of Risk
26.03.21
When I was a young, cocky 18-year-old I bungee jumped from what was then the highest bungee jump in the world, the Victoria Falls bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Not…
What is ESG Investing? Invest With Your Heart & Mind.
05.03.21
You might have heard about the latest investment acronym (because the financial services industry needs another one!), ESG investing. ESG is short for Environmental, Social and Governance and has been…
If you believe the future will be better than today you MUST invest in stock markets
04.12.20
Forget Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates or Elon Musk, the richest man to have ever lived is reputed to be Mansa Musa, a 14th Century ruler of modern-day Mali and the…
The Name’s Bond, Government Bond (But What Are They?)
25.11.20
If there was a hierarchy of investments that the average consumer understood, property would take the top spot. We know and get property which is why so many people would…
“Can I Invest In Line With My Values?”
28.10.20
Is it possible to invest for investment returns while remaining true to your values? The campaigning of individuals such as Sir David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg, and movements like Black Lives…
Why Coronavirus & Liverpool Losing 7-2 Is Unexpected But Not Surprising
07.10.20
For the first ten years of my life, I grew up near Dawlish, a small seaside town on the south Devon coast. It was unremarkable in many ways but what…