Investment
Neil Woodford could do the washing-up at my fantasy Christmas lunch
It’s the season for kindness and conviviality. In that spirit — and recognising that business, like personal life, rarely follows…
Are Boris’s hedge-fund pals conspiring to ‘short the UK’? I doubt it
Minding my own business at 67 Pall Mall — the private members’ club favoured by oenophile West End hedge-fund managers…
The green rush: should you invest in cannabis?
Robert Jackman on the highs – and lows – of investing in cannabis
Boycotting energy companies won’t solve climate change
They pollute the planet. They are turning global warming into a catastrophe. And they are taking humanity to the brink…
Believe in the post-Brexit bounce
Believe in the post-Brexit bounce, says Matthew Lynn
Has the tide turned on emerging markets?
Knowing that stock markets have had a turbulent time recently, I looked up my investments online to discover that some…
How BlackRock became a sanctuary for clean-cut bankers and dormant politicians
The investment management corp is finally under scrutiny
Want to predict the price of gold? Then watch Hollywood films
Movies can predict the price of bullion, says Ross Clark
Has the tide turned on emerging markets?
Reality check
Why investors’ hopes for energy shares may be too high
The FTSE 100 finished strong last year, gaining 5 per cent in December to bring full-year returns to 12 per…
Budget noise and the real drivers of economic growth
Ah, the Budget. The business world and financial media’s favourite annual event garners so much attention, you’d be forgiven for…
A world of broken bonds
Elliot Wilson fears that our pension funds and investment portfolios will soon be crammed full of China’s risky corporate debt
The perils and profits of peer-to-peer lending
Christopher Silvester explains how financing small fractions of company ‘receivables’ can bring high returns
Don’t Lose Sight of the Investment Forest for the Trees
Do stocks outperform bonds? The widely accepted answer is yes — and by a significant margin over the long term.…
An antidote to Brexit jitters: diversify by investing globally
Over a year after the UK voted to leave the European Union, UK stocks are humming along, and the economy…
Gold is still the safest haven — and mining companies can offer better returns than bullion
Gold mining shares can offer better returns than bullion itself, says Robin Andrews
Crypto-currencies are risky as hell – but worth a punt
‘I’m up 430 per cent,’ said my friend Mash, boasting about his investments in Bitcoin. I should have known then…
French blue chips and property could be hot bets... if Macron delivers
Elliot Wilson says French blue chips and property could be hot bets – but only if the new president turns his election promises into action
Blockchain: an investor’s guide
Blockchain is the hottest bit of jargon in the financial world and potentially the most exciting development since the invention…
How to invest in dynamic businesses abroad or world-changing inventions
Andrew M. Brown explains the risk-spreading principle and the enduring fascination of investment trusts
Buying housebuilders’ shares beats buying houses
Safe as ’ouses, as they say. The housing slump of 2008 seems a long time ago now. Prices across the…
Back winners, dump losers: it’s commonsense investing
Small-cap fund manager Giles Hargreave offers Jonathan Davis his commonsense formula
Fund a fisherman, finance a film or give a fillip to forensics
Crowdfunding is a promising idea, and has created useful products. The Canary home-security system I wrote about recently was funded…
Warren Buffet says this is ‘by far the best book on investing ever written’
After 44 years, The Intelligent Investor is still a money-making bible
Wall Street seems happy for now... but watch out for the Trump slump
Matthew Lynn says investors should think about getting out of American stocks while the going is good
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