Friday, 10th of October 2019 “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” – Viscount Palmerston ________________________________________ After a choppy start to the week, stock ...
Friday, 4th of October 2019 “There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.” – Thomas Mann ________________________________________ Equities continued to sell-off this week as miserable economic data seemed to confirm fears that slower global grow...
Friday, 27th of September 2019 “Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.” – Jeremy Bentham ________________________________________ Markets were decidedly choppy this week as the Democrats finally moved to impeach Donald Trump. Previously, the party w...
Friday, 20th of September 2019 “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu ________________________________________ Stock markets were flat this week, despite the US easing monetary policy and tensions in the Persian Gulf rising to fever pitch. On Wedn...
Friday, 13th of September 2019 “Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.” – Herodotus ________________________________________ Markets performed strongly this week as investors geared up for a US rate cut next week and as a string ...
Friday, 6th of September 2019 “The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.” – Deng Xiaoping ______________________________________...
Friday, 30th of August 2019 “The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own.” – Warren Buffet ________________________________________ Markets continued to dance to the Trade War’s tune over the course of the w...
