Godzilla escapesMarkets think trade war is good for "absolutely nothing"It may turn out to be bluster but it makes the world riskier anywayMar 23rd 2018
The mulligan rule of investmentBeware of performance figuresMost funds fail to beat the index. But a lot of funds say they have. There is a simple explanationMar 20th 2018
The soaring cost of old ageThe real problem with pensionsThe big problem with DC schemes is that contributions aren’t high enoughMar 7th 2018
The Fed and the marketsJerome Powell's game of KerplunkHow many rate rises will be too many?Feb 28th 2018
The billion-dollar tweetSnap, chatter and pop goes the share priceCan celebrities move share prices?Feb 23rd 2018
Long-term investingWhy low returns are inevitableWhen valuations are high, the maths points to lower returnsFeb 21st 2018
Saboteurs and sunlit uplandsThose Brexit clichés explainedCan you have your cake and eat it in Singapore-on-Thames? All is revealedFeb 14th 2018
Cycle of the timesFinancial markets abhor an equilibriumBoth the stockmarket and economic cycles seem to have lengthened. They are tied together by creditFeb 9th 2018
The bond mysteryWhy don’t foreign investors take fright more often?Currency moves can wipe out the returns from bond markets. But investors seem not to careJan 30th 2018
Politics and the currency marketsThe buck drops hereIt is unusual for a Treasury secretary to welcome a weak dollar but he doesn’t have much influence over itJan 24th 2018
Tales from the cryptoThe rise and fall of bitcoinInvestors in bitcoin are learning some very old lessonsJan 17th 2018
Well-timed call or Gross exaggeration?Predicting doom for the bond marketA strong economy should mean bond yields head a bit (but not necessarily a lot) higherJan 10th 2018
The dog that’s yet to barkWhere did the inflation go?A surge in inflation, forcing central banks to tighten, would be a problem for markets. But it’s hard to spot in the developed worldJan 5th 2018
