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October 20 - Decoupling, Investment Bubbles and Time Bombs

Much is happening in the world of finance and economics, perhaps too much, but amongst the almost overwhelming flurry of data and opinion I've zeroed in on a few things that deserve comment.

June 3 - Ugly Sisters and Uglier Investment Mistakes

The past month has been turbulent to say the least. In fact, the bad news flow is largely responsible for the worst May for the S&P500 index since 1962. The question on everybody's lips is will the sell-off continue throughout June.

April 30 - Frontier Markets

Well news continues to be mixed. The strength of corporate profits has been very encouraging. Around 80% of US companies that have reported so far  have beaten analyst expectations for the first quarter -  the best performance in 17 years. A similar trend is being repeated globally with strong corporate data coming from Japan, Asia ex-Japan and Europe also.Of course its not all good but finally a rescue package for Greece has been agreed by fellow EU member states and the IMF. 

March 31 - Trend is Your Friend

This month, with global stock markets trading relatively range bound at eleven week highs, and the general recovery moving unremarkably through its early stages, it seems appropriate to look at why investing with the consensus is usually the right approach, and, secondly, why an emerging market like Brazil is such an interesting investment opportunity over the longer-term.

February 3 - A Decade of Possibilities

Welcome to the first edition of my monthly investment e- letter. It might seem like an obvious opening statement, but our personal finances are hugely important.  Yet bad advice, bad timing, bad planning and investing emotionally instead of rationally mean that far too many investment decisions end up as costly mistakes.