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...
by Justin King | Oct 3, 2019 | Investing
If we asked you to hold your breath or stop blinking, how long could you do it? A minute, maybe two? Now, what if we asked how long you could go without being moved by the latest headline news? Impeachment unrest, Hong Kong protests, Brexit stress, climate change,...
by Justin King | Oct 1, 2019 | Investing
If you’ve taken advice from a financial adviser or you read the financial papers, you’ll hear something talked about, which is called risk tolerance. It’s the illusion in the practice of financial advice that there is each investor within their...
