by Daniel Campbell Weir | Jun 19, 2020 | Investing
Since 1926 the US stock market has returned 10% on year on average. But that doesn’t mean that each year the returns have been 10%. This is just a little reminder that being patient and sticking with your plan is what delivers the 10% – in the long term....
by Justin King | Mar 31, 2020 | Investing
Remember that saying about March coming in like a lion and out like a lamb? Unfortunately, the coronavirus is highly unlikely to dissipate that quickly. Still, the sentiment reminds us how bear markets are like winter showers nurturing spring flowers. For...
by Justin King | Mar 16, 2020 | Investing
You know times are strange when you’re hearing from everyone – from the government to your local grocer – on what to do about the coronavirus. Unless we can source some toilet paper for you (here’s some fascinating commentary on what’s up with that!), what else is...
by Justin King | Mar 10, 2020 | Investing
Another epic global panic attack Yesterday – 9th March – was the eleventh anniversary of the crescendo of global panic that marked the bottom of the bear market of 2007-09. It is to me a thing of the most wonderful irony that the world has elected to celebrate this...
by Justin King | Feb 3, 2020 | Investing
On Friday 17th January – after a spectacular 37% run that started the day after Christmas 2018 – the Standard & Poor’s 500-Stock Index closed at 3,329. Two weeks later to the day – last Friday 31st January – the Index closed a little over three percent lower, at...
by Justin King | Oct 22, 2019 | Investing
We all know the story of the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of the now infamous Neil Woodfood, fund manager and co-founder of Woodford Investment Management. Squalid deals with Hargreaves Lansdown have been exposed. It was Peter Hargreaves himself who called Woodford...
